International Journal of Pediatrics / 2016 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Factors Associated with Klebsiella Bacteremia and Its Outcome in Under-Five Children Admitted with Diarrhea Table 1 Characteristics of under-five diarrheal children with (cases) and without (controls) Klebsiella bacteremia at hospitalization and their outcome during hospitalization.
Characteristics Culture positive = 30 (%) Culture negative = 90 (%) OR (95% CI) Young age (<12 months) 24 (80) 53 (59) 2.79 (1.00–8.5) 0.037 Male 19 (63) 53 (60) 1.14 (0.45–2.93) 0.933 Duration of diarrhea in days (median IQR) 4 (2.00–7.00) 3 (2.00–5.00) — 0.193 Antibiotics prior to admission 28 (97) 67 (78) 0.13 (0.01–0.97) 0.05 Severe dehydration 6 (20) 4 (5) 5.25 (1.18–24.56) 0.017 Fever (≥38°C) 8 (27) 47 (53) 0.32 (0.14–0.87) 0.023 Abnormal mentation 25 (83) 41 (57) 5.48 (1.92–15.67) <0.001 Systolic BP (mean ± SD) 86 ± 13 93 ± 19 — 0.218 Diastolic BP (mean ± SD) 53 ± 11 55 ± 14 — 0.799 Hypotension 3/17 (18) 5/29 (17) 1.03 (0.16–6.15) 1.00 Fast breathing 9 (30) 46 (52) 0.4 (0.15–1.05) 0.064 SpO2 (mean ± SD) 96.70 ± 3.08 96.56 ± 3.41 — 0.847 Creatinine (mean ± SD) 49.80 ± 39.59 42.80 ± 45.91 — 0.250 Severe wasting 13 (59) 19 (26) 4.18 (1.39–12.81) 0.007 Severe underweight 21 (72) 46 (55) 2.16 (0.8–6.04) 0.151 Vibrio cholerae 1 (3) 3 (3) 0.33 (0.01–3.92) 0.614 Shigella 5 (17) 5 (6) 0.34 (0.08–1.4) 0.132 Positive stool culture 13 (43) 10 (11) 6.12 (2.08–18.28) <0.001 HAI 11 (37) 2 (2) 25.47 (5.21–124.43) <0.001 Death 12 (40) 3 (3) 19.33 (4.41–97.31) <0.001
Figures represent (total number), unless specified. OR: odds ratio. CI: confidence interval. IQR: interquartile range. SD: standard deviation. SpO2 : transcutaneously measured blood oxygen concentration. HAI: hospital acquired infection.