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%) |