Analysis of clinical characteristics of an emerging infection during induction chemotherapy in elderly patients with acute leukemia
2017
Objective
To analyze the clinical features and risk factors for an emerging infection during the first induction chemotherapy in elderly patients with acute leukemia.
Methods
A retrospective analysis of clinical data of 79 elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia was performed in Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University from January 2014 to May 2016.
Results
The 70 cases among 79 elderly patients with acute leukemia were suffered from infection with infection incidence rate of 88.6%(70/79)during first induction chemotherapy.The infection-related fatality rate was 8.6%(6/70). Being clear about sites of infection accounted for 90.0% (63/70), and the top three infection sites were the lungs, gastrointestinal tract and the bloodstream.113 pathogenic strains were detected, including gram-negative bacilli accounting for 42.5% (48/113), Gram-positive cocci for 30.1% (34/113), fungi for 24.8% (28/113), the virus for 2.7% (3/113). Based on clinically and confirmatively diagnosis, the invasive fungal diseases mostly as Candida accounted for 30.4% (24/79), mixed infections accounted for 34.3% (24/70). Univariate analysis showed agranulocytosis and AML were risk factors for infection.Logistic multivariate regression analysis showed that agranulocytosis was a risk factor for infection (OR=12.010, 95%CI: 2.346-107.973, P=0.000). The infection does not affect a complete remission rate of acute leukemia (χ2=0.001, P=0.983).
Conclusions
For newly diagnosed elderly acute leukemia patients, an emerging infection during the first induction chemotherapy is characterized by a high incidence, high fungal infection rate, most common site in lung, Gram-negative bacteria as most common pathogen, and an increased infection rate by agranulocytosis.The infection does not affect the remission rate of acute leukemia.
Key words:
Leukemia, myeloid, acute; Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols; Infection
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