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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Early discontinuation of empirical antibiotic treatment in neutropenic patients with acute myeloid leukaemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome

  

Period I

Period II

Total

n

97

104

Diagnosis

AML

90 (93%)

94 (90%)

 

High-risk MDS

7 (7%)

10 (10%)

Sex

Male

46 (47%)

48 (46%)

Age

Years ± SD

50.7 ± 14.7

53.4 ± 15.1

  1. Abbreviations: AML acute myeloid leukaemia; MDS myelodysplastic syndrome