Table 3.
Invasive bacterial infection*
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Syndrome | Median (IQR) age (months) | Invasive bacterial infection* | Meningitis | Deaths | Malaria slide positive | Malaria positive | Malaria negative |
Sick young infants (n=1267) | 7 (2-22) days | 184 (15) | 50 (4.0) | 280 (22) | 34 (2.7) | 2/34 (5.9) | 176/1213 (15) |
Meningitis/encephalopathy (n=820) | 27 (13-46) | 147 (18) | 101 (12) | 150 (18) | 422 (52) | 29/422 (6.9) | 117/397 (30) |
Severe malnutrition (n=1182) | 24 (15-39) | 141 (12) | 3 (0.3) | 200 (17) | 376 (32) | 33/376 (8.8) | 108/802 (13) |
Very severe pneumonia (n=296) | 13 (5-29) | 33 (11) | 8 (2.7) | 56 (19) | 124 (42) | 5/124 (4.0) | 28/172 (16) |
Severe pneumonia (n=1470) | 10 (5-20) | 88 (6.0) | 5 (0.3) | 52 (3.5) | 455 (31) | 18/455 (4.0) | 69/1004 (6.9) |
Mild pneumonia (n=1037) | 17 (10-29) | 69 (6.7) | 8 (0.8) | 15 (1.5) | 526 (51) | 16/526 (3.0) | 52/509 (10) |
Skin/soft tissue infection (n=182) | 19 (10-36) | 10 (5.5) | 0 | 0 | 86 (47) | 1/86 (1.2) | 9/95 (9.5) |
No defined syndrome (n=5593) | 23 (11-44) | 171 (3.1) | 35 (0.6) | 60 (1.1) | 3247 (58) | 53/3247 (1.6) | 118/2324 (5.1) |
All admissions (n=11 847) | 17 (7-35) | 843 (7.1) | 210 (1.8) | 813 (6.9) | 5270 (45) | 157/5270 (3.0) | 677/6516 (10) |
IQR=interquartile range.
Includes meningitis and bacteraemia.