Table 1 Characteristics, clinical and laboratory diagnosis and outcome of severely malnourished children below 60 months of age by presence or absence of blood stream infections, Mulago hospital, Uganda.
Blood bacterial pathogens | Odds Ratio (95% Confidence interval) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Present n/total (%) | Absent n/total (%) | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
Age ≤ 24 months | 59/353 (16.7) | 17/92 (18.5) | 0.89 (0.49–1.61) | 0.78 (0.40–1.54) |
Sex: male | 48/279 (17.2) | 28/166 (16.9) | 1.02 (0.61–1.71) | 0.99 (0.54–1.80) |
Oedema | 47/251 (18.7) | 29/194 (14.9) | 1.31 (0.79–2.18) | 1.55 (0.81–2.96) |
Hypothermia | 3/24 (12.5) | 21/327 (18.6) | 0.62 (0.18–2.15) | |
Oral thrush | 15/54 (27.8) | 61/391 (15.6) | 2.08 (1.08–4.01)* | 2.31 (1.04–5.11)* |
Acute diarrhoea† | 16/91 (17.6) | 75/354 (21.2) | 1.05 (0.57–1.92) | |
Persistent diarrhoea†† | 15/81 (18.5) | 66/364 (18.1) | 1.13 (0.61–2.11) | |
Respiratory infections | 47/277 (17.0) | 15/93 (16.1) | 1.06 (0.56–2.01) | |
Bacteruria | 13/79 (16.5) | 47/207 (22.7) | 0.96 (0.49–1.89) | |
Severe anaemia | 2/56 (9.1) | 20/253 (07.9) | 2.3 (0.53–10.2) | |
Malaria | 5/36 (13.9) | 71/406 (17.5) | 0.76 (0.29–2.03) | |
Hypokalaemia | 38/178 (21.4) | 38/262 (14.5) | 1.60 (0.78–2.17) | 1.44 (0.79–2.61) |
Hypoalbuminaemia | 71/367 (19.3) | 5/73 (6.9) | 3.26 (1.27–8.39)* | 3.54 (1.04–12.1)* |
Positive HIV status | 30/149 (20.1) | 39/259 (15.1) | 0.42 (0.84–2.41) | 1.67 (0.88–3.15) |
CD4<15% | 15/58 (13.8) | 58/274 (21.2) | 0.61 (0.27–1.36) | 1.99 (0.76–5.22) |