RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis in Children With Cancer JF Pediatrics JO Pediatrics FD American Academy of Pediatrics SP 231 OP 234 VO 61 IS 2 A1 Ladisch, Stephan A1 Pizzo, Philip A. YR 1978 UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/61/2/231.abstract AB Seventy episodes of Staphylococcus aureus sepsis occurring over a nine-year period in pediatric cancer patients are reviewed. Prominent findings at the time of diagnosis included fever, granulocytopenia, and active malignancy. Probable or suspected sites of primary infection were present in 40 episodes (57%). Serious direct complications of staphylococcal sepsis included only three cases of pneumonia and one of myositis. However, second infections by other organisms developed in 16 episodes (24%), resulting in nine nonstaphylococcal infectious deaths during therapy. Endocarditis and osteomyelitis never occurred in this group of patients. The median duration of antistaphylococcal therapy was 15 days.