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
Participantsa ()
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%)
Tachycardiab
26/136 (19.1%)
Tachypnoeac
28/131 (21.4%)
Axillary temperature ≥37.5°C
32/137 (23.4%)
White blood cell count <4 × 109/L
3(2.2%)
White blood cell count ≥11 × 109/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.