From: Bacteremia and resistant gram-negative pathogens among under-fives in Tanzania
Predictive factor | Bacteremia | Univariate | Multivariate | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | YES n = 21 | NO n = 296 | OR (95%CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | P-value |
Temperature | ||||||
 ≤38.5°C | 6 (2.6) | 225 (97.4) | 1 |  |  |  |
 >38.5°C | 15 (17.4) | 71 (82.6) | 7.9 (2.9-21.2) | 0.0001 | 13 (3.5-54) | 0.0001 |
Lethargic | ||||||
 No | 17 (6.5) | 244 (93.5) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 4 (7.1) | 52 (92.9) | 1.1 (0.4-3.4) | 0.86 | - | - |
Dehydration | ||||||
 No | 18 (8.1) | 204 (91.9) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 3 (3.2) | 92 (96.8) | 0.4 (0.1-1.3) | 0.12 | 0.9 (0.2-3.9) | 0.8 |
Pneumonia | ||||||
 No | 16 (6.2) | 244 (93.8) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 5 (8.7) | 52 (91.3) | 1.5 (0.5-4.2) | 0.48 | - | - |
Convulsions | ||||||
 No | 16 (5.8) | 260 (94.2) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 5 (12.2) | 36 (87.8) | 2.2 (0.7-6.5) | 0.13 | 1.3 (0.3-5.8) | 0.7 |
Neck stiffness | ||||||
 No | 20 (6.6) | 282 (93.4) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | 1.2 (0.2-9.5) | 0.88 | - | - |
Antibiotics use for less than 24Â hrs | ||||||
 No | 7 10.0) | 63 (90.0) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 14 (5.7) | 231 (94.3) | 0.6 (0.2-1.4) | 0.21 | - | - |
Positive Blood slide for malaria parasite | ||||||
 No | 7 (3.2) | 212 (96.8) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 13 (15.8) | 69 (84.2) | 5.7 (2.2-14.8) | 0.0001 | 14 (3.5-60) | 0.0001 |
Sickle cell disease | ||||||
 No | 15 (5.5) | 259 (94.5) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 6 (13.9) | 37 (86.1) | 2.8 (1.0-7.7) | 0.04 | 1 (0.3-4.4) | 0.9 |
Malnutrition | ||||||
 No | 19 (7.4) | 238 (92.6) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 2 (3.3) | 58 (96.7) | 0.4 (0.1-1.9) | 0.26 | - | - |
Neutrophils | ||||||
 ≤10000 c/l | 6 (2.4) | 245 (97.6) | 1 |  |  |  |
 >10000 c/l | 15 (26.3) | 42 (73.7) | 14 (5.4-39.7) | 0.0001 | 21 (5.6-84) | 0.0001 |