Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of hospitalized non-malarial febrile children undergoing blood culture at five antimicrobial resistance surveillance sites in Uganda, October 2017–September 2018.
| Characteristic | Jinja n (%) | Arua n (%) | Mbarara n (%) | Kabale n (%) | Mbale n (%) | Total n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in months ^ | ||||||
| <1 ¥ | 66 (8.7) | 32 (27.6) | 8 (25.0) | 6 (20.0) | 7 (36.8) | 119 (12.4) |
| 1 to 48 | 622 (81.6) | 81 (69.8) | 24 (75.0) | 14 (46.7) | 12 (63.2) | 753 (78.5) |
| 49–59 | 74 (9.7) | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 84 (8.8) |
| Not recorded | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.3) |
| Sex ^ | ||||||
| Male | 307 (40.3) | 52 (44.8) | 21 (65.6) | 18 (60.0) | 9 (47.4) | 407 (42.4) |
| Female | 455 (59.7) | 64 (55.2) | 11 (34.4) | 12 (40.0) | 10 (52.6) | 552 (57.6) |
| Initial antibiotic exposure | ||||||
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 44 (37.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (47.4) | 53 (5.5) |
| No * | 0 (0.0) | 59 (50.9) | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (42.1) | 68 (0.7) |
| Not recorded Ω | 762 (100.0) | 13 (11.2) | 31 (96.9) | 30 (100.0) | 2 (10.5) | 838 (87.3) |
| Total N (%) | 762 (79.5) | 116 (12.1) | 32 (3.3) | 30 (3.1) | 19 (2.0) | 959 |
^ p-value < 0.001; ¥ Neonates; * Hospitalized non-malaria febrile children undergoing blood culture with a record of antibiotic exposure during the current infection at specimen collection; Ω Initial antibiotic exposure during the current infection was not recorded.