Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients with Solid Tumours

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Characteristics	No of patients (%)
Sex of patients
Male	38 (53.5%)
Female	33 (46.5%)
Median age of patients [range]	65 [34–82]
Underlying malignancy
Breast	17 (24%)
Colorectal	14 (20%)
Lung	13 (18%)
Genital	10 (14%)
Head & neck	5 (7%)
Urinary tract	4 (6%)
Sarcoma	3 (4%)
Hepatobiliary	2 (3%)
Pancreas	1 (1.3%)
Stomach	1 (1.3%)
Unknown primary	1 (1.3%)