Table 2. Common clinical syndromes of GAS disease among children admitted to Kilifi County Hospital, Kenya, 1998–2011.
| Clinical syndrome |
Age
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–6 d | 7–28 d | 29–59 d | 60 d–1 y | >1–<5 y | 5–12 y | Overall | |
| All cases | |||||||
| No. (%) | 33 (100) | 61 (100) | 17 (100) | 63 (100) | 125 (100) | 70 (100) | 369 (100) |
| Deaths, CFR |
10 (30.3) |
23 (37.7) |
1 (6.3) |
7 (11.1) |
14 (11.2) |
1 (1.4) |
45 (12.2) |
| Skin and soft tissue infection | |||||||
| No. (%) | 22 (66.7) | 33 (54.1) | 5 (29.4) | 37 (58.7) | 99 (79.2) | 62 (88.6) | 258 (69.9) |
| Deaths, CFR |
6 (27.3) |
4 (12.1) |
0 |
1 (2.7) |
6 (6.1) |
1 (1.6) |
17 (4.5) |
| Severe pneumonia† | |||||||
| No. (%) | 7 (21.2) | 17 (27.9) | 8 (47.1) | 28 (44.4) | 21 (16.8) | 3 (4.3) | 86 (23.3) |
| Deaths, CFR |
2 (28.6) |
5 (29.4) |
0 |
5 (17.9) |
8 (38.1) |
0 |
20 (23.3) |
| Primary bacteremia | |||||||
| No. (%) | 8 (24.2) | 17 (27.9) | 3 (17.6) | 9 (14.3) | 13 (10.4) | 3 (4.3) | 53 (14.4) |
| Deaths, CFR | 2 (25.0) | 5 (29.4) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (7.7) | 0 | 11 (20.8) |
*CFR, case-fatality risk; GAS, group A Streptococcus. †59 of the 86 severe pneumonia cases were complicated by sepsis.