Incidence, clinical profile, and risk factors for serious bacterial infections in children hospitalized with fever in Ujjain, India

Table 1 Distribution of diagnosis of 302 children presenting with fever according to presence or absence of serious bacterial infection

Final Diagnosis	Total (n)	Outcome variable Serious bacterial infection		Culture positive	Commonest isolated 2 organism
Final Diagnosis	302 (%)	No (%)^a	Yes (%)^a	(n)
Bronchopneumonia^b	61(20)	4(7)	57^b(93)	19(33)	P. aeruginosa n = 4, K. pneumoniae n = 3,
Viral fever (No confirmed bacterial infection)	52(17)	52 (100)	0	0	–
Urinary tract infection	38(13)	29 (76)	9 (24)	9(100)	E. coli n = 7, P. aeruginosa n = 2
Severe acute malnutrition	31(10)	2(61)	29(94)	29(100)	E. coli n = 13, S. aureus n = 9
Febrile convulsion	25(8)	24(96)	1(4)	1(100)	S. aureus n = 1
Enteric fever	40(13)	18(45)	22(55)	10(45)	S. Typhi n = 10
Bronchiolitis	14(5)	14(100)	0(0)	0	–
Bacterial Meningitis	12(4)	5(42)	7(58)	7(100)	S. pneumonia n = 5, S. aureus n = 2
Failure to thrive	10(3)	1(10)	9(90)	9(100)	P. aeruginosa n = 3, K. pneumoniae n = 2
Upper respiratory tract infection	8(2.5)	8(100)	0(0)	0	–
Infective endocarditis in cardiac disease	5(1.5)	0(0)	5(100)	5(100)	S. pneumonia n = 3, S. epidermidis n = 2,
Miliary tuberculosis	4(1.3)	1(25)	3(75)	3(100)	P. aeruginosa n = 3
Dysentery	2(0.7)	2(100)	0(0)	0	–

%-column percentage, %^a-row percentage, ^b 38 cases were diagnosed X-ray chest positive and CRP > 1000 μg/dl. No respiratory samples were cultured

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