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Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in Pediatric Malignancy Patients: A Two-Year Retrospective Study in Basra City

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Background: The most frequent side effects of chemotherapy are infections, which have substantial morbidity and mortality rates in immunocompromised patients. Aim: Toscreen the prevalence of resistance between antibiotics administered to infected patients in hematological malignancy wards. Subjects and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study of pediatric oncology patients was conducted from January 2021 to June 2022 at Basra children hospital. The study included 500 patients with hematological malignancies.  Results: This study involved 57.8% male and 42.2% female patients. Leukemia was the most common diagnosis 59% while other solid tumors was 41%. Febrile neutropenia was only 5.8%, bacterial infection was predominant at 49.8% while the fungal infection was 9.4%, and 4.8% suspected viral infection. We found that the high percentage of antibiotics used were Cephalosporin (41.4%)  and the lower percentage of antibiotics were Quinolone 0.4%.  Conclusion: The most frequent form of infection was a bacterial infection, and the most frequently prescribed antibiotic for oncology patients was cephalosporin. The chest represented the most severely infected place.    

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10.21608/ejhm.2023.281264

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Neutropenia, Pediatric Oncology, bloodstream infections, antibiotic, Basrah

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Hanan AlAulddin

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Abdul Jabbar

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pgph.hanan.alaa@uobasrah.edu.iq

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Ali Mohammed

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Hadi

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90

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1

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38787

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2023-01-01

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2023-01-21

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2023-01-01

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1,240

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in Pediatric Malignancy Patients: A Two-Year Retrospective Study in Basra City

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22 Jan 2023