Table 1.
Results of blood culture among patients with acute febrile illness and/or acute lower respiratory illness, Lwak and Kibera Kenya, 2009–2014.
| Site | Age in years | Number of patients (n) | Number of blood cultures, n (%) | Likely contaminants n (%) | Pathogens isolated n (%) | NTS recovered n (%) | NTS cases with concurrent malaria n (%) | NTS cases with recent malaria n (%) | HIV-infected/number tested n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lwak | 0–4 | 34554 | 5895 (17.1) | 433 (7.3) | 148 (2.5) | 98 (66.2) | 28 (28.6) | 18 (18.4) | 4/14 (28.6) |
| 5–9 | 19345 | 2941 (15.2) | 208 (7.1) | 66 (2.2) | 24 (36.4) | 10 (41.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0/0 (0.0) | |
| 10–17 | 21814 | 1560 (7.2) | 93 (6.0) | 40 (2.6) | 19 (47.5) | 6 (31.6) | 2 (10.5) | 0/6 (0.0) | |
| 18–49 | 27249 | 1713 (6.3) | 100 (5.8) | 133 (7.8) | 54 (40.6) | 3 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 28/35 (80.0) | |
| >50 | 11290 | 574 (5.1) | 36 (6.3) | 41 (7.1) | 13 (31.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4/10 (40.0) | |
| Total | 114252 | 12683 (11.1) | 870 (6.9) | 428 (3.4) | 208 (48.6) | 47 (22.6) | 20 (9.6) | 36/65 (55.4) | |
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| Kibera | 0–4 | 48028 | 4822 (10.0) | 146 (3.0) | 222 (4.6) | 48 (21.6) | 4 (8.3) | 2 (4.2) | n/a |
| 5–9 | 16588 | 1852 (11.2) | 50 (2.7) | 122 (6.6) | 7 (5.7) | 1 (14.3) | 0(0.0) | n/a | |
| 10–17 | 14804 | 1090 (7.4) | 48 (4.4) | 69 (6.3) | 2 (2.9) | 0 (0) | 0(0.0) | n/a | |
| 18–49 | 40164 | 1676 (4.2) | 39 (2.3) | 113 (6.7) | 13 (11.5) | 1 (7.7) | 0(0.0) | n/a | |
| >50 | 3989 | 84 (2.1) | 5 (6.0) | 7 (8.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0(0.0) | n/a | |
| Total | 123573 | 9524 (7.7) | 288 (3.0) | 533 (5.6) | 70 (13.1) | 6 (8.6) | 2 (2.9) | n/a | |