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. 2022 Sep 8;17(9):e0273414. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273414

Table 5. Participant characteristics, clinical diagnoses, and identified pathogens from fatal cases in the study.

(A) Characteristics of deceased participants categorized by blood culture growth result.
True Positive (14) False Positive and No Growth (69) Total (83)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (3) Non-Salmonella spp. (11)
Male, N (%) 3 (100) 7 (63.6) 36 (52.2) 46 (55.4)
Distribution of cases by age group, N (%)        
1–5 years 0 (0.0) 2 (18.2) 4 (5.8) 6 (7.2)
>5–18 years 1 (33.3) 1 (9.1) 7 (10.1) 9 (10.8)
>18–45 years 1 (33.3) 4 (36.4) 24 (34.8) 29 (34.9)
>45–65 years 1 (33.3) 4 (36.4) 25 (36.2) 30 (36.1)
>65 years 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (13) 9 (10.8)
Received intravenous antibiotics prior to blood collection, N (%) 1 (33.3)  1 (9.1)  34 (49.3)  36 (43.4)
Length of hospitalization, median (range, IQR) 4 (2–38)  12 (2–17)  8 (2–54)  8 (2–54)
Comorbidities, N (%) 2 (66.6) 10 (90.9) 60 (86.9) 72 (86.7)
(B) Pathogens from fatal cases confirmed by blood culture or other lab methods and the accompanying clinical diagnoses, participant comorbidities, and AMR observations
True Positive (14) Clinical Diagnosis at Death Comorbidities Antimicrobial Resistance
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (3) Typhoid fever Hepatitis B, HIV, TB None
Acute limb ischemia Acute Limb Ischemia None
Sepsis, typhoid fever Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) None
Escherichia coli (2) Cholangitis Diabetes, Hepatitis B Yes
Sepsis Anemia Yes
Klebsiella pneumoniae (2) UTI, diabetic ketoacidosis Diabetes None
UTI Stroke None
Staphylococcus aureus (2) UTI Diabetes None
Sepsis Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease None
Streptococcus pneumoniae (2) Aseptic meningitis, acute otitis media Epilepsy Yes
  Myelodysplasia, Hepatitis B (Cirrhosis) None
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1) Stevens-Johnson syndrome HIV, TB, Toxoplasmosis No data
Enterobacter aerogenes (1) Cholangitis, Sepsis None No data
Staphylococcus hominis ssp hominis (1)   Craniopharyngioma None
False Positive and No Growth (69) [Confirmatory Methods] Clinical Diagnosis at Death
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (8) [GeneXpert (2), Microscopy (6)] Pulmonary TB (3), Colitis TB and Spondylitis TB, Millar TB, HIV, Community-acquired Pneumonia, Sepsis
Rickettsia typhi (6) [PCR (6)] Sepsis (3), Community-acquired Pneumonia, Meningoencephalitis, Diabetic Neuropathy
Influenza (3) [PCR (2), Serology (1)] Bronchiectasis, Community-acquired Pneumonia, Sepsis
Salmonella Typhi (2) [Serology (2)] Hirschsprung’s disease, HIV
Acinetobacter baumanii (1) [Sputum PCR] Community-acquired Pneumonia
Ascaris lumbricoides (1) [Microscopy] Typhoid Fever
Enterococcus avium (1) [Pus culture] Diabetic Ulcer
Escherichia coli (1) [Urine culture] UTI
HIV (1) [PCR] Sepsis
Leptospira spp. (1) [PCR] Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever I
Moraxella catarrhalis and Influenza B (1) [Sputum culture and sputum PCR] Community-acquired Pneumonia
RSV (1) [Serology] TB Pleuritis
Streptococcus pneumoniae (1) [Sputum PCR] Community-acquired Pneumonia
Unknown (41) [None] HIV (6), Sepsis (6), Community-acquired Pneumonia (9), Cellulitis (2), Cholangitis (2), Lung Abscess, Acute Leukemia, Bacterial Meningitis, Bronchitis, Cholecystitis, Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia, COPD, Diarrhea, Extrapulmonary TB, GEA, Hepatitis B, Pancytopenia, SLE, Typhoid Fever, UTI, Unknown