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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2021

A Prospective Cohort Study of the Clinical Predictors of Bacteremia in Under-Five Children With Acute Undifferentiated Fever Attending a Secondary Health Facility in Northwestern Nigeria.

Taofik Oluwaseun Ogunkunle, Timothy Olanrewaju Adedoyin, Samuel Kolade Ernest, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Abdulazeez Imam, Rasaq Olaosebikan, Stephen K Obaro

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Taofik Oluwaseun OgunkunleDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Timothy Olanrewaju AdedoyinDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin/University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Samuel Kolade ErnestDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Ilorin/University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Fatimah Hassan-HangaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
Abdulazeez ImamOxford Centre for Global Health Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Rasaq OlaosebikanDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Stephen K ObaroDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics/Department of Microbiology and Pathology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital · NGAminu Kano Teaching Hospital · NGThomas Jefferson University · USUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren with acute febrile illness with no localizing signs often receive antibiotics empirically in most resource-poor settings. However, little is known about the burden of bacteremia in this category of patients, and an appraisal is thus warranted. This will guide clinical practice and promote rational antibiotics use.

methodsWe prospectively followed up 140 under-five children who presented with acute undifferentiated fever at the emergency/outpatient pediatric unit of a secondary healthcare facility. Baseline clinical and laboratory information was obtained and documented in a structured questionnaire. We compared baseline characteristics between participants with bacteremia and those without bacteremia. We further fitted a multivariable logistic regression model to identify factors predictive of bacteremia among the cohort.

resultThe prevalence of bacteremia was 17.1%, and

conclusionAmong under-five children with acute undifferentiated fever, longer duration of fever, lethargy, inpatient care, tachypnea, and lymphopenia were the significant predictors of bacteremia.

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acute undifferentiated feverbacteraemialethargylymphopeniaSalmonellaunder-five children

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