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Characteristics of the patients admitted with suspected bacteraemia. |
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| Characteristics |
All (n = 871) |
Bacteraemia (n = 93) |
non-Bacteraemia (n = 574) |
p value |
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| Age |
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| 2 mo–11 mo |
200 (23.0) |
24 (25.8) |
110 (19.2) |
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| 11 mo–23 mo |
207 (23.8) |
18 (19.4) |
127 (22.1) |
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| 2–5 years |
166 (19.1) |
23 (24.7) |
112 (19.5) |
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| 6–15 years |
113 (13.0) |
13 (14.0) |
77 (13.4) |
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| >15 years |
185 (21.2) |
15 (16.1) |
148 (25.8) |
0.185 |
| Male |
475 (54.5) |
59 (63.4) |
312 (54.4) |
0.102 |
| Wet season admission |
533 (61.2) |
60 (64.5) |
405 (70.6) |
0.295 |
| Duration of symptoms < 7 days (n = 849) |
459 (54.1) |
43 (47.8) |
307 (55.1) |
0.252 |
| Weight for age z score <-2 (n = 693) |
373 (53.8) |
39 (51.3) |
221 (51.0) |
0.87 |
| Temperature >= 38°C (n = 863) |
364 (42.2) |
48 (51.6) |
229 (40.3) |
0.041 |
| Tachycardia (n = 738) |
253 (34.2) |
38 (46.9) |
182 (37.3) |
0.141 |
| Raised respiratory rate (n = 677) |
347 (51.3) |
51 (62.2) |
247 (55.2) |
0.297 |
| White Blood Cell Count (n = 852) |
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| >= 10 × 109/L |
484 (56.8) |
64 (70.3) |
306 (54.6) |
0.005 |
| >= 15 × 109/L |
290 (34.0) |
45 (49.5) |
173 (30.8) |
<0.0001 |
| Haemoglobin < 8 g/L (n = 602) |
192 (32.0) |
30 (41.1) |
121 (31.8) |
0.121 |
| Sickle cell test positive (n = 243)a |
57 (6.5) |
8 (8.6) |
13 (2.2) |
0.144 |
| Died in hospital |
49 (5.5) |
8 (8.3) |
25 (4.3) |
0.081 |
| Specific Clinical Diagnoses |
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| Pneumonia |
332 (38.1) |
40 (43.0) |
207 (36.1) |
0.198 |
| Malaria (n = 676 tested)a |
101 (11.6) |
10 (10.8) |
65 (11.3) |
0.82 |
| Severe Malnutrition |
68 (7.8) |
8 (8.6) |
50 (8.7) |
0.975 |
| Tuberculosis |
34 (3.9) |
1 (1.1) |
29 (5.1) |
0.086 |
| HIV/AIDS (n = 119 tested)a |
36(4.1) |
6 (6.4) |
25 (4.4) |
0.397 |
| Gastroenteritis |
36 (4.1) |
1 (1.1) |
24 (4.2) |
0.145 |
| Urinary tract infection |
25 (2.9) |
2 (2.2) |
19 (3.3) |
0.573 |
| Nephrotic/Nephritic syndrome |
23 (2.6) |
1 (1.1) |
17 (3.0) |
0.297 |
| Skin/soft tissue infection |
20 (2.3) |
3 (3.2) |
15 (2.6) |
0.74 |
| Meningitis |
13 (1.5) |
1 (1.1) |
9 (1.6) |
0.716 |
| Upper respiratory tract infection |
12 (1.4) |
0 |
9 (1.6) |
0.252 |
| Hepatititis |
12 (1.4) |
0 |
10 (1.7) |
0.235 |
| Bone/Joint infection |
9 (1.0) |
0 |
6 (1.0) |
0.387 |
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a For sickle cell, malaria and HIV tests, because the investigations were driven by clinical suspicion, the denominator for the % calculations remained the total number in each category. | ||||
Hill et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:2 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-2 |
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