Research Article
Prevalence, Clinical Features, and Outcome of Pseudomonas Bacteremia in Under-Five Diarrheal Children in Bangladesh
Table 1
Admission characteristics of diarrheal children with (cases) and without Pseudomonas bacteremia (controls).
| | Variables | Cases
| Controls
| Unadjusted odds ratio
(95% Cl) | |
| | Age (median, IQR) | 11.71 (4.0, 18.0) | 8.93 (5.03, 19.0) | — | 0.354 | | Respiratory rate/minute (mean ± SD) | | | 0.720 (−5.48–0.92) | 0.806 | | Gender (male) | 20 (65) | 59 (63) | 1.05 (0.42–2.73) | 0.914 | | History of the cough | 10 (32) | 33 (36) | 0.87 (0.33–2.20) | 0.913 | | History of difficulty breathing | 8 (26) | 21 (23) | 1.19 (0.40–3.29) | 0.903 | | Presence of fever | 12 (39) | 38 (41) | 0.91 (0.36–2.26) | 0.999 | | Absent peripheral pulses even after correction of dehydration or in absence of dehydration | 10 (32) | 6 (7) | 6.91 (1.97–25.41) | <0.001 | | Hospital acquired infection | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | Undefined | 0.562 | | Severe wasting | 11 (36) | 17 (18) | 2.46 (0.91–6.67) | 0.083 | | Severe underweight | 15 (55) | 37 (40) | 1.83 (0.75–4.55) | 0.210 | | Death | 8 (26) | 5 (5) | 6.12 (1.61–24.22) | 0.003 | | Severe pneumonia | 8/28 (29) | 19/84 (23) | 1.37 (0.45–3.90) | 0.702 | | Abnormal mental status | 5/7 (71) | 13/17 (76) | 0.77 (0.08–11.19) | 0.795 |
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Figures represent (%) unless indicated otherwise.
CI: confidence interval; IQR: interquartile range; SD: standard deviation.
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