| dc.description.abstract | Since the etiologies and clinical outcomes of bacteremia in children with
Plasmodium falciparum infections, particularly in areas of holoendemic malaria
transmission, are largely unexplored, blood cultures and comprehensive clinical, laboratory,
hematological, and nutritional parameters for malaria-infected children (aged 1 to 36
months, n= 585 patients) were investigated at a rural hospital in western Kenya. After the
exclusion of contaminant microorganisms, the prevalence of bacteremia was 11.7% in the
cohort (n= 506), with nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. being the most common isolates
(42.4%). Bacteremia was found to occur in a significantly higher proportion of females than
males and was associated with elevated blood glucose concentrations and lowered malaria
parasite and hemoglobin (Hb) levels compared to those in abacteremic participants. In … | en_US |
