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Bacteraemia: Which Medications Cause It? (8,584 Reports Across 496 Drugs)

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Bacteraemia has been reported as an adverse event with 496 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 8,584 total reports. 2,019 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Bacteraemia are CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, RITUXIMAB, and PREDNISONE.

8,584
Total Reports
496
Drugs Involved
2,019
Deaths
5,971
Hospitalizations
54.4 yrs
Average Patient Age
46.6% / 53.4%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Bacteraemia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 705 0.6% 210 366 119
RITUXIMAB 631 0.4% 176 340 93
PREDNISONE 620 0.4% 209 398 117
TACROLIMUS 593 0.7% 187 335 107
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 524 0.7% 172 244 90
METHOTREXATE 501 0.2% 122 355 83
DEXAMETHASONE 486 0.4% 164 301 67
VINCRISTINE 470 0.7% 128 302 67
CYTARABINE 445 1.0% 88 278 50
ETOPOSIDE 417 0.8% 115 238 63
PREDNISOLONE 367 0.5% 89 254 66
FLUDARABINE 352 1.5% 97 159 48
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 352 0.6% 104 193 62
DOXORUBICIN 343 0.4% 90 204 55
CYCLOSPORINE 335 0.5% 100 171 63
LENALIDOMIDE 264 0.1% 67 192 23
VENETOCLAX 241 0.5% 69 166 26
CARBOPLATIN 211 0.3% 62 144 25
INFLIXIMAB 206 0.2% 16 135 10
TREPROSTINIL 204 0.2% 21 188 7

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Bacteraemia

705 reports
631 reports
620 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)