Table 4 Clinical and laboratory data on the 9 children whose blood grew a bacterial pathogen.
Age (mon) | Blood slide/RDT | Organism | Summary clinical and laboratory data | *Antibiotic susceptible | Antibiotic resistant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 | Neg/Neg | Acinitobacter Iwoffli | 7 days cough, temp 36.8°, pulse 138/min, resp. rate 63/min, lactate 1.4 mmol/L | amox, cip, ceft, gen, nal | chlor, cip |
8 | Neg/Neg | β-Haemolytic streptococcus | 3 days cough, temp 37.2°pulse 144/min, resp. rate 56/min, lactate 1.1 mmol/L | eryth, ceft. | Pen, amox. |
7 | Neg/Neg | Gram-negative coccus | 3 days cough, temp 37.4°, pulse 167/min, resp. rate 64/min, lactate 1.8 mmol/L | No data | |
8 | Neg/Neg | Haemphilus influenzae | 3 days cough and coryza, temp 37.7°, pulse 150/min, lactate 3.1 mmol/L | amox, ceft, gen | chlor, cip, nal |
10 | Neg/Neg | Non-Typhi Salmonella | 2 days cough, temp 39.5°, pulse 156, resp rate 64, lactate 2.0 mmol/L | amox, chlor, cip, ceft, gen, nal | |
43 | Neg/Neg | Salmonella Typhi | 2 days cough, temp 39.2, pulse 145/min, resp rate 39/min, lactate 1.9 mmol/L | cip, ceft, gen | chlor, cotrim, amox |
38 | Neg/Neg | Salmonella Typhi | 4 days diarrhoea, temp 38.1°, pulse 120/min, resp rate 42/min, lactate 3.3 mmol/L | chl, cip, cef, gen | amox, cotrim. |
47 | Neg/Neg | Salmonella Typhi | 7 days febrile illness, temp 38.8, pulse 140/min, resp rate 36/min, lacate 0.9 mmol/L | chl, cip, cef, nal | cotrim, amox |
12 | Neg/Pos | Staphylococcus aureus | 1 day cough, temp 37.4°, pulse 163/min, resp. rate 52/min, lactate 0.9 mmol/L | chl, eryth, gen | cotrim, amox |