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	—
48	M	Lung	Cellulitis	Escherichia coli	10100	Yes
56	M	Colorectal	Abscess	Escherichia coli	29500	Yes