Nasopharyngeal colonisation dynamics of bacterial pathogens in patients with fever in rural Burkina Faso: an observational study

Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

Characteristic	n	%
Sex
Female	391	42.3
Male	533	57.7
Age group
< 1 years	152	16.5
1–2 years	213	23.1
3–5 years	115	12.4
6–11 years	85	9.2
12+ years	359	38.9
Malnutrition^§
< 1 years	24	15.8
1–2 years	32	15.0
3–5 years	6	5.2
6–11 years	0	0.0
Malaria status
Microscopy positive	247	26.7
Microscopy negative, PCR positive	96	10.4

^§Malnutrition was defined as a WHO Anthro weight-for-height z-score < 2. Data on malnutrition were only recorded for patients below 12 years of age

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