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2885453

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8548
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
To examine the frequency of community acquired bacteraemia in children in Kigali, Rwanda, blood cultures were obtained from 900 consecutive febrile children (T degrees greater than or equal to 39 degrees C) seen at an outpatient clinic over the course of a year. A pathogen was isolated from 112 children (12.4%): Salmonella typhi from 47, S enteritidis from 23, S typhimurium from 13, Streptococcus pneumoniae from 14, Staphylococcus aureus from 9, and Haemophilus influenzae from 3. Salmonella species represented 74% of the isolates. The children with S typhi bacteraemia were older (mean age 75 months) than those with bacteraemia due to other organisms. Controls consisted of febrile, nonbacteraemic children without (group I) or with (group II) Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia. Bacteraemic children were older and presented more frequently with diarrhoea, vomiting, and dehydration, but less frequently with convulsions than controls. The rate of hospital admission was higher among bacteraemic children (61%) than among group I (39%) or group II (46%) controls. The case-fatality rate was similar in the three groups (9.3% versus 2.9% and 7.3%). Community-acquired bacteraemia in Rwandese children is common and is mainly caused by Salmonella species.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1458-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Community-acquired bacteraemia in African children.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article