Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. · May 2000
Clinical presentation of non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in Malawian children.
We report the clinical presentation and outcome of 299 Malawian children with non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) bacteraemia and no evidence of focal sepsis, admitted to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Blantyre, over a 26-month period (February 1996-April 1998). A peak incidence during the rainy season was noted. Salmonella typhimurium (79%) and S. enteritidis (13%) were the commonest isolates. ⋯ Overall mortality was high (23%). Young age and clinical HIV infection were risk factors for mortality. Recurrences of NTS bacteraemia following antibiotic therapy were common among children with clinical HIV infection.