|
Clinical presentation
|
|
History
|
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Sick for > 2 weeks
|
260 (65)
|
|
Severity of sickness VAS b
|
6 (± 2)
|
|
Fever
|
211 (53)
|
|
Cough
|
262 (66)
|
|
Examination
|
|
Oedema
|
263 (66)
|
|
Oral thrush
|
84 (21)
|
|
Dermatosis
|
27 (7)
|
|
Diagnosis
|
|
Diarrhoea
|
244 (61)
|
|
Pneumonia
|
68 (17)
|
|
Suspected tuberculosis
|
76 (19)
|
|
Suspected septicaemia
|
96 (24)
|
|
HIV status
|
|
Positive
|
43 (11)
|
|
Exposed, negative
|
72 (18)
|
|
Unexposed, Negative
|
252 (63)
|
|
Blood tests
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|
C-Reactive Protein, mg/l (N = 352)
|
|
< 5
|
92 (26)
|
|
5–15
|
80 (23)
|
|
> 15
|
180 (51)
|
|
Leucocytes, x109/L (N = 298)
|
|
Total lymphocytes
|
6 (± 2.9)
|
|
Total neutrophils
|
5 (± 5.0)
|
|
Haemoglobin, g/dl (N = 298)
|
9 (± 2.2)
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