Table 3.
Diagnosis of neonates enrolled for suspected sepsis1/
| Age at enrollment (days)
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Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 | 4–7 | 8–28 | 29–60 | ||
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| Positive BC alone | 5 (13%) | 12 (12%) | 27 (7%) | 9 (3%) | 53 (6%) |
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| Pneumonia alone2/ | 8 (21%) | 7 (7%) | 120 (32%) | 140 (43%) | 275 (33%) |
|
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| Meningitis alone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
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| Positive BC + pneumonia | 0 | 3 (3%) | 9 (2%) | 13 (4%) | 25 (3%) |
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| Positive BC + meningitis | 0 | 2 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (<1%) |
|
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| Positive BC + meningitis + pneumonia | 0 | 0 | 1 (<1%) | 0 | 1 (<1%) |
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| Clinical infection3/ | 23 (61%) | 66 (64%) | 195 (52%) | 145 (45%) | 429 (51%) |
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| Other4/ | |||||
| AB treatment <5 days, no AB given at discharge | 2 (5%) | 11 (11%) | 23 (6%) | 17 (5%) | 53 (6%) |
| No antibiotics given | 0 | 2 (2%) | 1 (<1%) | 1 (<1%) | 4 (<1%) |
|
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| TOTAL | 38 | 103 | 376 | 325 | 842 |
1/
Infants were classified in mutually exclusive categories based on findings at first episode enrollment. Number (column percent) is shown.
2/
Pneumonia diagnosed by chest x-ray.
3/
Blood culture negative, CSF negative or not tested, no pneumonia, but treated with antibiotics for 5 or more days while in the hospital or <5 days and antibiotics given at discharge or infant died within 5 days of enrollment.
4/
Blood culture negative, CSF negative or not tested, no pneumonia, treated with antibiotics <5 days, or no antibiotics given, and survived.