Table 2.

Epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic characteristics of 293 bacteraemic and non-bacteraemic patients in Bouaké, central Côte d’Ivoire^a

Characteristic	Data availableb	Bacteraemia (n = 66)		No bacteraemia (n = 227)		p	p after controlling for malariac
	n	n	%	n	%
Sex	278	63		215
Male	155	41	65.1	114	53.0
Female	123	22	34.9	101	47.0	0.090
Age	232	50		182
<1 year	42	8	16.0	34	18.7	0.663
1–5 years	77	24	48.0	53	29.1	0.012
6–15 years	59	10	20.0	49	26.9	0.319
16–25 years	11	0	0	11	6.0	0.075
26–45 years	14	4	8.0	10	5.5	0.510
>45 years	29	4	8.0	25	13.7	0.277
Signs and symptoms	266	61		205
Self-reported fever	120	34	55.7	86	42.0	0.057	0.468
Anaemia	55	15	24.6	40	19.5	0.390	0.139
Convulsions	43	15	24.6	28	13.7	0.042	0.482
Dyspnoea	17	2	3.3	15	7.3	0.375	0.892
Abdominal pain	10	4	6.6	6	2.9	0.244	0.396
Vomiting	8	3	5.0	5	2.4	0.389	0.129
Axillary temperature	190	47		143
≥38°C	160	37	78.7	123	86.0	0.234	0.388
≥39°C	121	29	61.7	92	64.3	0.745	0.311
≥40°C	56	16	34.0	40	28.0	0.428	0.076
≥41°C	7	3	6.4	4	2.8	0.367	0.201
Microscopy for malaria	74	16		58
Positive	24	9	56.3	15	25.9	0.022

^aData were obtained between June 2012 and September 2014.

^bMissing data are due to incomplete patient records.

^cBased on partial correlation test.