Table 1. Number (%) of bacteremia cases by participating hospital during the entire study period (2009–2010).

	Chake Chake	Mkoani	Wete	Total	p
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Patients enrolled	975	682	552	2209
Period of surveillance	16/03/2009–30/12/2010	04/05/2009–30/12/2010	05/08/2009–30/12/2010
Pathogenic bacteria isolated	30 (3.1%)	37 (5.4%)	12 (2.2%)	79 (3.6%)	0.005
S.Typhi	20	21	5	46	0.3
	(66.7%)	(56.8%)	(41.7%)	(58.2%)
S.pneumoniae	2	5	5	12	0.02
	(6.7%)	(13.1%)	(41.7%)	(15.2%)
E.coli	4	1	0	5	0.17
	(13.3%)	(2.7%)	(0%)	(6.3%)
S.aureus	3	1	1	5	0.36
	(10%)	(2.7%)	(8.3%)	(6.3%)
Hib	1	2	0	3	1.0
	(3.3%)	(5.4%)	(0%)	(3.8%)
Others	0	7	1	8	0.03
	(0%)	(28.9%)	(8.3%)	(10.1%)