Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Children of Rural Areas of The Gambia, 2008–2015
Aderonke Odutola
, Christian Bottomley, Syed A. Zaman, Jodi Lindsay, Muhammed Shah, Ilias Hossain, Malick Ndiaye, Chidebere D.I. Osuorah, Yekini Olatunji, Henry Badji, Usman N.A. Ikumapayi, Ahmad Manjang, Rasheed Salaudeen, Lamin Ceesay, Momodou Jasseh, Richard A. Adegbola, Tumani Corrah, Philip C. Hill, Brian M. Greenwood, and Grant A. Mackenzie
Author affiliations: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (A. Odutola, C. Bottomley, S.A. Zaman, B.M. Greenwood, G.A. Mackenzie); Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia (A. Odutola, S.A. Zaman, M. Shah, I. Hossain, M. Ndiaye, C.D.I. Osuorah, Y. Olatunji, H. Badji, U.N.A. Ikumapayi, A. Manjang, R. Salaudeen, M. Jasseh, R.A. Adegbola, T. Corrah, G.A. Mackenzie); St. George’s University of London, London (J. Lindsay); King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (A. Manjang); Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Banjul (L. Ceesay); University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P.C. Hill); Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (G.A. Mackenzie)
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Figure 2. Flowchart of participants included and excluded in study of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia incidence in children <5 years of age, The Gambia, 2008–2015. Participants were identified through the Basse and Fuladu West Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems. In total, 521 cases were identified through referral surveillance and 418 through admission surveillance. *Reasons for not having blood culture done included unsuccessful venipuncture (n = 487), declined consent for venipuncture (n = 416), declined consent to join study (n = 249), and unknown (n = 4,057). †In total, 76 children were identified through referral surveillance and 122 through admission surveillance. ‡Seven patients had polymicrobial bacteremia (S. aureus and a second bacterial pathogen).
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