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Table 5 Case fatality rates in infants with pSBI in the first 6 weeks of life by pSBI criteria

From: Trends in the incidence of possible severe bacterial infection and case fatality rates in rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America, 2010–2013: a multicenter prospective cohort study

Variable

Argentina

Guatemala

Kenya

Zambia

Belgaum, India

Nagpur, India

Pakistan

Number of infants with pSBI and non-missing status

830

3,580

5,561

842

4,921

2,439

13,801

Single sign/symptom, n/N (%) died

 Breathing problem/difficulty breathing

26/316 (8.2)

61/561 (10.9)

63/917 (6.9)

59/190 (31.1)

577/2,153 (26.8)

156/584 (26.7)

250/4,395 (5.7)

 Feeding problem/stopped suckling/feeding

2/55 (3.6)

31/162 (19.1)

16/139 (11.5)

40/87 (46.0)

102/346 (29.5)

67/319 (21.0)

31/203 (15.3)

 High fever

1/88 (1.1)

18/1,431 (1.3)

5/1,814 (0.3)

21/156 (13.5)

7/707 (1.0)

8/592 (1.4)

40/4,852 (0.8)

 Hypothermia

0/6 (0.0)

11/85 (12.9)

4/88 (4.5)

4/11 (36.4)

34/124 (27.4)

7/32 (21.9)

26/141 (18.4)

 Convulsions

0/3 (0.0)

1/8 (12.5)

2/34 (5.9)

1/10 (10.0)

27/60 (45.0)

7/14 (50.0)

16/89 (18.0)

 Bleeding/pus-like discharge from umbilicus

0/42 (0.0)

0/135 (0.0)

1/297 (0.3)

1/39 (2.6)

2/46 (4.3)

0/36 (0.0)

0/252 (0.0)

 Infection diagnosis or cause of death

1/14 (7.1)

26/152 (17.1)

13/68 (19.1)

24/25 (96.0)

72/80 (90.0)

23/27 (85.2)

7/9 (77.8)

>1 sign/symptom, n/N (%) died

58/306 (19.0)

409/1,046 (39.1)

183/2,204 (8.3)

200/324 (61.7)

726/1,405 (51.7)

423/835 (50.7)

674/3,860 (17.5)