Table 1 Characteristics of the patients admitted with suspected bacteraemia.
From: Bacteraemia in patients admitted to an urban hospital in West Africa
Characteristics | All (n = 871) | Bacteraemia (n = 93) | non-Bacteraemia (n = 574) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||
2 mo–11 mo | 200 (23.0) | 24 (25.8) | 110 (19.2) | |
11 mo–23 mo | 207 (23.8) | 18 (19.4) | 127 (22.1) | |
2–5 years | 166 (19.1) | 23 (24.7) | 112 (19.5) | |
6–15 years | 113 (13.0) | 13 (14.0) | 77 (13.4) | |
>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) | ||||
>= 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 | ||||
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 |