The pattern of infection and antibiotics use in terminal cancer patients
المؤلفون المشاركون
Sherisher, Muhammad A.
al-Najjar, Ahmad A.
Muhammad, Amr Allah A.
al-Zahrani, Abd Allah S.
al-Shintinawi, Ayman
al-Kashif, Umar T.
المصدر
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
العدد
المجلد 26، العدد 3 (30 سبتمبر/أيلول 2014)، ص ص. 147-152، 6ص.
الناشر
جامعة القاهرة المعهد القومي للأورام
تاريخ النشر
2014-09-30
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background : Although cancer patients are susceptible to infection, there is no evidencebased published guideline on the appropriate use of antimicrobial treatment in this group of patients.
Methods : We retrospectively collected medical records of all terminal cancer patients who died in the oncology department over a 15-month period and were reviewed for the pattern of infection and causes of antimicrobial use during the patients’ last admission of life.
Results : A total of 258 eligible patients were enrolled, there was an equal distribution of males and females (M / F : 129 / 129), and the mean age was 60.5 years.
221 patients admitted with fever (85 %), 22 patients (8.5 %) got fever after hospitalization and 15 patients (5.8 %) did not suffer from fever.
Among patients with fever, 46 patients (18.9 %) had two infection episodes and 197 patients (81.1 %) had only one infection episode.
The culture results revealed positive in 98 patients (40 %) with gram-negative organisms were the dominant organisms.
The major infection sites were the respiratory tract, urinary tract and wound.
114 patients (47 %) received one antibiotic and 129 patients (53 %) received more than one.
The mean duration of hospitalization was significantly longer for infected patients than for uninfected patients (8.00 vs.
18.15 days, p = 0.0001).
Outcome of antibiotic use revealed 42 patients (17.3 %) with symptoms improved 71 patients (29.2 %) with stationary symptoms and 130 patients (53.5 %) revealed symptom deterioration.
Conclusions : Our study revealed that antibiotic therapy for terminal cancer patients should be on a clear rationale.
We need further study to clarify if there is survival effect with antibiotic use or not.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Muhammad, Amr Allah A.& al-Zahrani, Abd Allah S.& Sherisher, Muhammad A.& al-Najjar, Ahmad A.& al-Shintinawi, Ayman& al-Kashif, Umar T.. 2014. The pattern of infection and antibiotics use in terminal cancer patients. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute،Vol. 26, no. 3, pp.147-152.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-411930
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
al-Shintinawi, Ayman…[et al.]. The pattern of infection and antibiotics use in terminal cancer patients. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute Vol. 26, no. 3 (2014), pp.147-152.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-411930
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Muhammad, Amr Allah A.& al-Zahrani, Abd Allah S.& Sherisher, Muhammad A.& al-Najjar, Ahmad A.& al-Shintinawi, Ayman& al-Kashif, Umar T.. The pattern of infection and antibiotics use in terminal cancer patients. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute. 2014. Vol. 26, no. 3, pp.147-152.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-411930
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 151-152
رقم السجل
BIM-411930
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر