Lack of BCG vaccination and other risk factors for bacteraemia in severely malnourished children with pneumonia

We sought to examine the factors associated with bacteraemia and their outcome in children with pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM). All SAM children of either sex, aged 0–59 months, admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh with...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2015-03, Vol.143 (4), p.799-803
Main Authors: CHISTI, M. J., SALAM, M. A., AHMED, T., SHAHID, A. S. M. S. B., SHAHUNJA, K. M., FARUQUE, A. S. G., BARDHAN, P. K., HOSSAIN, M. I., ISLAM, M. M., DAS, S. K., HUQ, S., SHAHRIN, L., HUQ, E., CHOWDHURY, F., ASHRAF, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteremia - epidemiology
Bacteremia - etiology
Bangladesh - epidemiology
BCG Vaccine - therapeutic use
Case-Control Studies
Child Nutrition Disorders - complications
Child, Preschool
Fatalities
Female
Humans
Immunization
Infant
Infant Nutrition Disorders - complications
Infant, Newborn
Logistic Models
Male
Pneumonia, Bacterial - complications
Pneumonia, Bacterial - epidemiology
Respiratory infections
Risk Factors
SHORT REPORT
Socioeconomic factors
Tuberculosis
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Summary:We sought to examine the factors associated with bacteraemia and their outcome in children with pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM). All SAM children of either sex, aged 0–59 months, admitted to the Dhaka Hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh with radiologically confirmed pneumonia from April 2011 to July 2012 were enrolled (n = 405). Comparison was made between pneumonic SAM children with (cases = 18), and without (controls = 387) bacteraemia. The death rate was significantly higher in cases than controls (28% vs. 8%, P 
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268814001368