title: Septicemia in acute leukemia.
abstract: We have surveyed septicemic episodes occuring in individuals with acute leukemia and have found two factors favorably influencing survival, mainly granulocyte counts over 1,000 mm3 and gram-positive bacteremias. In contrast, blood cultures persistently positive for longer than 48 hours were a bad prognosticator. Significantly, patients with gram-positive bacteremia had received less antibiotics in the week prior to septicemia than had patients with gram-negative bacteremia.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006098:Granulocytes; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents