Table 5 Number and percentages of outcome of severely malnourished children who had bacterial blood stream infections at admission to Mulago hospital, Uganda
Outcome status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dead | Alive | ||||
Organism | n | (%) | n | (%) | OR (95% CI) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 3 | (20) | 12 | (80) | 1.8 (2.8 – 6.7) |
Coagulase negative | 1 | (20) | 4 | (80) | 1.7 (0.2 – 16) |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 4 | (40) | 6 | (60) | 1.8 (0.5 – 07) |
Haemophilus influenza | 1 | (50) | 1 | (50) | - |
Salmonella enteriditis | 1 | (11) | 8 | (92) | 3.6 (0.4 – 31) |
Salmonella typhi | 0 | (0) | 5 | (100) | - |
Salmonella typhimurium | 6 | (29) | 15 | (71) | 1.0 (0.3 – 3.1) |
Escherichia coli | 6 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 4.4 (2.8 – 6.7) |