Table 1.
Blood culture results in children between 2 months and 5 years of age
| All pneumonia n = 173 |
Non-severe pneumonia* n = 72 |
Severe pneumonia n = 101 |
No pneumonia n = 859 |
Total n = 1032 |
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| n | % | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| NTS | 16 | 9.3 | 7 | 9.7 | 9 | 8.9 | 112 | 13.0 | 128 | 12.4 |
| S. Typhi | 4 | 2.3 | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 3.0 | 11 | 1.3 | 15 | 1.5 |
| Shigella spp. | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| S. pneumoniae | 8 | 4.6 | 2 | 2.8 | 6 | 5.9 | 12 | 1.4 | 20 | 1.9 |
| H. influenzae | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Streptococcus spp. | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | - | 3 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.4 |
| S. aureus | 5 | 2.9 | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 2.0 | 22 | 2.1 |
| Klebsiella spp. | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0.1 |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | - | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.3 |
| M. morganii | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | - | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0.1 |
| E. coli | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | - | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Contaminant | 11 | 6.4 | 5 | 6.9 | 6 | 5.9 | 79 | 9.2 | 90 | 8.7 |
| Negative | 122 | 70.5 | 54 | 75.0 | 68 | 67.3 | 612 | 71.3 | 734 | 71.1 |
* Pneumonia cases according to WHO-IMCI definition. Agogo Presbyterian Hospital 09/2007-07/2009
# Severe pneumonia included the WHO definitions for "very severe pneumonia" and "severe pneumonia"