Anemia Rate Assessment in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Bacterial Infection in Qom Hospitals Qom Iran 2007-2008

Background and Objectives Immunosuppression is regarded among the risk factors for bacterial infection. But in recent studies anemia was considered a predisposing factor for bacterial infections. The main goals of this study was to assess the rate of anemia in hospitalized patients with acute bacterial infection and to determine the relationship between anemia and bacterial infection as a predisposing factor. Methods 311 hospitalized patients whose bacterial infection was well documented based on the files present in Kamkar Arabnia Fatemi and Sahamieh hospitals in Qom Iran were selected for the present study. They were categorized into various age groups from newborns to the elderly. The data included age sex Hb of the patients the first third and discharge day HCT in the first third and discharge day MCV MCH MCHC WBC in the first third fourth day Diff in the first and fourth days ESR CRP maximum of fever and disease chronic disease smoking. A P