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Table 2 Distribution of bacterial pathogens among the study sites

From: Improved detection of microbiological pathogens: role of partner and non-governmental organizations

 

TPHL [n (%)]

 

KPHL [n (%)]

 

SPHL [n (%)]

 
 

Before (192)

After (203)

p-value

Before (36)

After (175)

p-value

Before (96)

After (215)

p-value

Blood

2 (1.0)

17 (8.4)

< 0.001

0

10 (5.7)

0.14

1 (1.0)

43 (20.0)

< 0.001

Urine

14 (7.3)

41 (20.2)

< 0.001

36

156 (89.1)

0.04

91 (94.8)

159 (74.0)

< 0.001

Stool

7 (3.6)

0

0.01

0

7 (4.0)

0.22

2 (2.1)

12 (5.6)

0.169

CSF

169 (88.0)

145 (71.4)

< 0.001

–

2 (1.1)

–

2 (2.1)

1 (0.5)

0.177

  1. ‘Before’ refers to number of bacterial pathogens identified at the various PHLs before implementation of the programme; ‘After’ refers to number of bacterial pathogens which were indentified at the various PHLs after implementation of the programme