Clinical Study
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients with Solid Tumours
Table 5
Characteristics of 5 patients with fatal outcome.
| Age | Sex | Underlying malignancy | Type of infection | Isolated organisms | Absolute neutrophils count | Initial inappropriate therapy |
| 76 | F | Colorectal | Cellulitis | Escherichia coli | 15000 | Yes | 64 | M | Lung | Abscess | polymicrobial | 18100 | Yes | 82 | F | Breast | Abscess | negative | 4700 | ā | 48 | M | Lung | Cellulitis | Escherichia coli | 10100 | Yes | 56 | M | Colorectal | Abscess | Escherichia coli | 29500 | Yes |
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