Table 1 Bacteremia by age group among persons ≥5 years of age presenting to Lwak Hospital, rural western Kenya, October 2006 - September 2008
Age in years | 5-17 | 18-34 | 35-49 | ≥50 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number patients | 7683 | 3678 | 2375 | 2586 | 16322 |
Number blood cultures (% patients) | 703 (9.2 ) | 275 (7.5 ) | 186 (7.8) | 137( 5.3) | 1301 (8.0 ) |
Positive blood cultures (% of cultures)a | 21 (3.0) | 33 (12.0) | 22 (11.8) | 13 (9.5) | 89 (6.8) |
Pneumococcus recovered (% of cultures) | 11 (1.6) | 22 (8.0) | 10 (5.4) | 9 (6.6) | 52 (4.0) |
Serotype 1 (% of pneumococci) | 9 (81.8) | 6 (27.3) | 3 (30.0) | 4 (44.4) | 22 (42.3) |
HIV positive/number tested (%) | 1/9 (11.1) | 12/13 (92.3) | 4/5 (80.0) | 2/4 (50.0) | 19/31 (61.3) |