Table 1.

Demographics

Age	Mean	SD
1 month–17 years	3.6	3.8
Sex	n	%
Female	85	39
Male	133	61
Diagnosis	n	%
Sepsis	213	97.7
Severe sepsis	1	0.5
Septic shock	4	1.8
Aetiologies	n	%
Meningococcemia	1	0.5
Pneumonia	144	66
Cellulitis	5	2
Urinary tract infection	8	3.7
Bacteraemia	5	2
Viraemia	49	22.5
Abscess	5	2
Other	1	0.5