Table 3. Young infants 0–59 days of age with signs of clinical severe infection (n = 181).
Parameters | N (%) |
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Brought by families to health post and classified as clinical severe infection | 181 |
Referred to hospital | 181 (100%) |
Accepted referral to hospital | 117 (64.6) |
Did not accept referral | 64 (35.4) |
Accepted treatment at health post | 64 (100) |
Completed treatment | 63 (98) |
Compliance to treatment | |
Received 2 injections of gentamicin | 64 (100) |
Received all 14 doses of DT amoxicillin | 62 (96.8) |
Received 10–13 doses of DT amoxicillin | 1 (1.6) |
Missing data | 1 (1.6) |
Follow-up of infants | |
Completed all follow-up visits | 63 (98) |
Lost to follow-up (outcome unknown) | 1 (1.6) |
Treatment outcomes* | |
Declared as ‘clinical treatment success’ | 63 (98) |
Declared as ‘outcome unknown’ | 1 (1.6) |
*No death was documented.