Aetiology of Bacteraemia as a Risk Factor for Septic Shock at the Onset of Febrile Neutropaenia in Adult Cancer Patients

Table 2

Multidrug-resistant bacteria isolated in 38 cases of bacteraemia in febrile neutropenic patients.

Microorganism	Number isolated (%)
Gram-positive
MR coagulase-negative staphylococci	25 (65.7)
MR Staphylococcus aureus	1 (2.6)
VR Enterococcus faecalis	1 (2.6)
Gram-negative
Escherichia coli ESBL	7 (18.4)
Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL	3 (7.8)
Enterobacter spp.	1 (2.6)
Serratia spp.	1 (2.6)

MR: methicillin resistant; VR: vancomycin resistant; ESBL: extended-spectrum beta-lactamase. There was 1 case of polymicrobial multidrug-resistant bacteraemia.