Bacterial Isolates and Antibiotic Sensitivity among Gambian Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Table 1

Characteristics of 140 children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition admitted to the paediatric ward MRC hospital, The Gambia, January 2007 and November 2008.

Characteristic	Participants^a (𝑛=140)
Female	65 (46.4%)
Median (IQR) age (months)	19.1 (13.3–24.2)
<12 months	27 (19.3%)
≥12 months	113 (80.7%)
Died	8 (5.7%)
History of cough	90 (64.3%)
Chronic cough	15/85 (17.7%)
History of diarrhea	97 (69.3%)
Persistent diarrhea	37/94 (39.4%)
History of fever	128 (91.4%)
History of vomiting	85 (60.7%)
Dyspnoea	16 (11.4%)
Hepatomegaly	62 (44.3%)
Splenomegaly	5 (3.6%)
Anaemia (Hb <8 g/dL)	31 (22.1%)
HIV positive	27/94 (28.7%)
Malaria parasitaemia	5/127 (3.9%)
Positive blood culture	38 (27.1%)
Positive urine culture	16/97 (16.5%)
Tachycardia^b	26/136 (19.1%)
Tachypnoea^c	28/131 (21.4%)
Axillary temperature ≥37.5°C	32/137 (23.4%)
White blood cell count <4 × 10^9/L	3(2.2%)
White blood cell count ≥11 × 10^9/L	83 (60.6%)

^aDenominators less than 140 indicate missing data.
^bPulse rate ≥160 beats per minute in children below 12 months of age and a rate ≥140 in children aged 12–59 months.
^cRespiratory rate ≥50 breaths per minute in children below 12 months and ≥40 in children aged 12–59 months.