Causative pathogen | Number of isolates (n) | Total (%) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Haematological neoplasm | Solid tumour | ||||
Children | Adults | Children | adults | ||
Gram-negative bacteria (n = 21) | |||||
 Escherichia coli | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 8 (16.0) |
 Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 7 (14.0) |
 Enterobacter intermedium | 1 | – | – |  | 1 (2.0) |
 Serratia odorifera | – | 1 | – | – | 1 (2.0) |
 Acinetobacter species | 1 | – | – | – | 1 (2.0) |
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | – | – | – | 1 (2.0) |
 Salmonella enteritidis | – | 1 | – | – | 1 (2.0) |
 Hafnia alvei | – | – | 1 | – | 1 (2.0) |
Gram positive bacteria (n = 28) | |||||
 CoNS | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | 11 (22.0) |
 Staphylococcus aureus | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 4 (8.0) |
 Enterococcus faecalis | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 7 (14.0) |
 Enterococcus gallinarum | 2 | – | – | – | 2 (4.0) |
 Enterococcus faecium | 1 | – | – | – | 1 (2.0) |
 Streptococcus species | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 (6.0) |
Fungi (n = 1) | |||||
 Candida albicans | 1 | – | – | – | 1 (2.0) |