From: Aetiology of acute febrile illness among children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia
Laboratory testing c | Frequency (%) |
---|---|
Blood counts (N = 427) | |
 Leukopenia | 41 (9.6) |
 Leukocytosis | 68 (15.9) |
  Neutrophilia | 62 (14.5) |
  Lymphocytosis | 2 (0.5) |
 Anaemia | 51 (11.9) |
Blood tests (N = 431) | |
 Malaria | 14 (3.2) |
  Plasmodium falciparum | 8 (1.8) |
  Plasmodium vivax | 6 (1.4) |
 HIV | 3 (0.7) |
Blood culture (N = 421) | 27 (6.4) |
 Staphylococcus aureus | 16 (3.8) |
 Klebsiella species | 4 (1.0) |
 Othera | 7 (1.6) |
Urine culture (N = 402) | 74 (18.4) |
 Escherichia coli | 37 (9.2) |
 Klebsiella species | 16 (4.0) |
 Staphylococcus aureus | 5 (1.2) |
 Otherb | 18 (4.5) |
Stool testing (N = 56) | |
 Microscopy | |
  Giardia lamblia | 2 (3.6) |
  Cryptosporidium species | 1 (1.8) |
 Rotavirus /Adenovirus RDT | |
  Rotavirus | 14 (25) |
  Adenovirus | 4 (7.1) |
 Culture | |
  Salmonella Paratyphi A | 1 (1.8) |
  Shigella dysenteriae | 1 (1.8) |
Respiratory infection tests | |
 Throat swab (N = 177) GAS | 28 (15.8) |
 Urine (N = 182) Streptococcus pneumoniae | 31 (17.0) |
Other | |
 CSF (N = 10) viridians streptococci | 1 (10) |
 Ear discharge (N = 2) E. coli | 1 (−) |
 CoNS | 1 (−) |