Kanser Hastalarında Bakteriyel Enfeksiyon Etkenleri

Authors : Utku Dilli DÖNEM, Mustafa YILDIRIM, Nilgün GÜR, Yeşim ÇEKİN, Sevil GÖKTAŞ, Yasin ŞAHİNTÜRK, Mustafa YILDIZ

Pages : 185-188

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Publication Date : 2013-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: In this study, the bacterial culture results of specimens obtained from hospitalized patients at the Medical Oncology Services of Antalya Education and Research Hospital during one year period were analyzed for the determination of the distribution of cultured bacterial species.Material and Method: In our study, culture results and the species of bacteria cultured from blood, urine, wound swab, suputum and stool, stool samples taken from the patients during the presence of fever and/or for the suspicion of infection presence were analyzed retrospectively.Results: Growth was observed in 77 samples in total. Among these samples, 38 were blood cultures 9.4% , 21 were urine cultures 27.3% , 9 were abscess cultures 11.7 % , 7 were sputum cultures 9.1% , 2 were stool cultures 2.6% . Among blood samples, coagulase negative staphylococcus was the most frequently seen species with a frequency of 34.2% and the second most frequent species encountered was E.coli being 31.6% . In urine cultures, E.coli was the most frequently isolated species 76.2% . In abscess cultures, S. aureus, E.coli, coagulase negative staphylococcus were detected in equal amounts. In sputum cultures, E.coli and E.faecalis were most frequently detected.Conclusion: Bacterial infections were widely observed in patients with suppressed immune systems. We think that knowing the frequency of bacterial species grown in culture of specimens obtained from these patients may be an important factor for the success of the empirical treatment
Keywords : cancer, infection, bacteria culture