Table 1.
Pattern of bacteraemia in different clinical groups of severe malaria.
| SMA n=98 |
SMA/CM n=105 |
MMA/CM n=245 |
CM n=253 |
test of significance |
|
| Age: Mean age (mths) | 26 | 27 | 34 | 37 | F stat 13.11 |
| Median | 28.85 | 33.14 | 38.94 | 45.35 | p<0.0001 |
| WAZ: Mean WAZ score | −2.25 | −2.20 | −1.83 | −1.81 | F stat 10.36 |
| Median | −2.21 | −2.21 | −1.73 | −1.54 | p<0.0001 |
| Total blood isolates: | 11 | 6 (5.7%) | 11 (4.5%) | 8 (3.2%) | X2 for trend: |
| (11.2%) | 8.44 | ||||
| p=0.004 | |||||
| NTS | 5 (4.8%) | 5 (2.0%) | 0 | ||
| S. typhimurium | 8 (8.2%) | 1 | 3 | 0 | X2 for trend: |
| S. enteritidis | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20.9 |
| Non-typeable | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | p<0.0001 |
| Salmonellae | 0 | ||||
| Other organisms | 3 (3.0%) | 1 (0.9%) | 6 (2.5%) | 8 (3.2%) | X2 for trend: |
| S. pneumoniae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.22 |
| Other streptococci# | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | p=0.6 |
| Enterobacteriaceae* | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Others§ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
#
Other streptococci were Group D streptococcus (1), a-haemolytic streptococcus (1) and Enterococcus (1)
*
Enterobacteriacere were Enterobacter cloacae (2), Acinetobacter (2), Escherichia coli (1), Salmonella typhi (1), and Klebsiella (1)
§
Others were Campylobacter sp (1), Haemophilus influenzae (1) and an undentifiable Gram negative rod (1).