CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF CANCER-PATIENTS WITH BACTEREMIA FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS (1982-1991)

A trend in bacteremia associated with malignancies was studied in 159 cancer patients (pts) over the past ten years (1982-1991) in our university hospital. The proportion of female, aged persons and patients from the Int Med Dept had a tendency to increase in the later 5 years compared to the former 5 years. There was no significant change in proportion among G (+), G (-) and fungus groups. However, St. aureus has a tendency to increase among G (+) bacteria and Ps. aeruginosa among G (-) bacteria. The clinical features of the cancer patients with bacteremia were different depending on the types of organisms or kinds of underlying malignancies.