title: Bacteraemia in febrile out-patient children.
abstract: In order to study the occurrence of bacteraemia, 634 consecutively febrile children aged less than or equal to 14 years with Initial rectal temperature or 39 degrees C and above were evaluated. The overall frequency of bacteraemia was 7.7% (49 cases). Salmonellae, Streptococci and Staphylococci accounted for 57%, 16% and 14% respectively. No statistically significant difference was noted between cases and controls with regard to the nutritional status mean age in months +/- SD (55.9 +/- 49.1 vs 39 +/- 41), and haemoglobin levels in g/dl +/- SD (11.1 +/- 1.5 vs 11.1 +/- 1.5) (P greater than 0.05). None of the parameters studied was a strong predictor of bacteraemia and systemic bacterial infection did not strongly correlate with the magnitude of the clinical illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Armed Forces Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghiorghis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geyid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haile
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011446:Prospective Studies