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To evaluate the prevalence and association of bacteraemia and urinary tract infections in hospitalised febrile children presenting with and without malaria.

May 13, 2004East African Medical JournalOpen Access

Bacteraemia, urinary tract infection and malaria in hospitalised febrile children in Nairobi: is there an association?

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FOFN Okwara EOEM ObimboUniversity of Nairobi EWE M WafulaUniversity of Nairobi

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Cross-sectional survey observes no increased risk of bacteraemia or urinary tract infection with malaria in hospitalised febrile children, suggesting bacterial co-infections are coincidental.

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To evaluate the prevalence and association of bacteraemia and urinary tract infections in hospitalised febrile children presenting with and without malaria.
Enrolled 264 children aged three months to 12 years admitted with acute febrile illness and no obvious bacterial infection focus at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Administered standardized clinical questionnaires and collected blood films for malaria alongside blood and urine cultures for all participants.
Malaria parasitaemia was identified in 158 of 264 children (60%), while bacterial pathogens were isolated from blood or urine in 62 children (23%).
Bacteraemia occurred in 11.4% of malaria-positive versus 13.2% of malaria-negative children, showing no significant association with malaria parasitaemia (OR 0.9, 95% CI [0.4–0.7]).
Urinary tract infections occurred in 13.3% of malaria-positive versus 16.0% of malaria-negative children (OR 0.8, 95% CI [0.4–1.6]).

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Okwara et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aae39e7d7edda362b0cc7e5 https://doi.org/10.4314/eamj.v81i1.8795

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Cross-sectional survey observes no increased risk of bacteraemia or urinary tract infection with malaria in hospitalised febrile children, suggesting bacterial co-infections are coincidental.

Bacteraemia, urinary tract infection and malaria in hospitalised febrile children in Nairobi: is there an association?

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Bacteraemia, urinary tract infection and malaria in hospitalised febrile children in Nairobi: is there an association?

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