Table 2 Reasons for clinical consultations (N = 481)
Reason for consultation | Patients n (%) |
|---|---|
Diagnosis and management | 474 (98.5) |
Fever or elevated inflammatory markers of unknown origin | 125 (26.0) |
Positive blood culture | 84 (17.5) |
Established infection | 77 (16.0) |
Respiratory infection | 63 (13.1) |
Critical condition | 18 (3.7) |
Febrile neutropenia | 10 (2.1) |
Lymphadenopathy | 8 (1.7) |
Opportunistic infection or multidrug-resistant infection | 4 (0.8) |
Infection unresponsive to broad-spectrum antibiotics | 4 (0.8) |
Diarrhea | 2 (0.4) |
Other | 76 (15.8) |
Surgical antimicrobial chemoprophylaxis | 7 (1.5) |