Table 2.
Reported symptoms of infants with possible serious bacterial infection
| Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number of PSBI Cases | 2123 | |
| Number of symptoms present | ||
| No symptoms indicateda | 26 | 1 % |
| 1 | 1505 | 74 % |
| 2 | 461 | 23 % |
| ≥ 3 | 131 | 6 % |
| Breathing Problems | ||
| Only symptom | 540 | 25 % |
| With or without another symptom | 1067 | 50 % |
| Feeding Problems | ||
| Only symptom | 288 | 14 % |
| With or without another symptom | 737 | 35 % |
| Fever (T > 38C) | ||
| Only symptom | 598 | 28 % |
| With or without another symptom | 804 | 38 % |
| Hypothermia (T < 35C) | ||
| Only symptom | 28 | 1 % |
| With or without another symptom | 151 | 7 % |
| Convulsions | ||
| Only symptom | 15 | 1 % |
| With or without another symptom | 48 | 2 % |
| Bleeding/pus-like discharge from the umbilicus | ||
| Only symptom | 36 | 2 % |
| With or without another symptom | 48 | 2 % |
aThese 26 infants did not have symptoms indicated because they fulfilled the case definition of PSBI through cause of death or free text entries that did not indicate specific symptoms