Publication: A Prospective Study of the Causes of Febrile Illness Requiring Hospitalization in Children in Cambodia
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2013-04-09
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19326203
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Mahidol University
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PLoS ONE. Vol.8, No.4 (2013)
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Kheng Chheng, Michael J. Carter, Kate Emary, Ngoun Chanpheaktra, Catrin E. Moore, Nicole Stoesser, Hor Putchhat, Soeng Sona, Sin Reaksmey, Paul Kitsutani, Borann Sar, H. Rogier van Doorn, Nguyen Hanh Uyen, Le Van Tan, Daniel Paris, Stuart D. Blacksell, Premjit Amornchai, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Christopher M. Parry, Nicholas P.J. Day, Varun Kumar A Prospective Study of the Causes of Febrile Illness Requiring Hospitalization in Children in Cambodia. PLoS ONE. Vol.8, No.4 (2013). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060634 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31036
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A Prospective Study of the Causes of Febrile Illness Requiring Hospitalization in Children in Cambodia
Author(s)
Kheng Chheng
Michael J. Carter
Kate Emary
Ngoun Chanpheaktra
Catrin E. Moore
Nicole Stoesser
Hor Putchhat
Soeng Sona
Sin Reaksmey
Paul Kitsutani
Borann Sar
H. Rogier van Doorn
Nguyen Hanh Uyen
Le Van Tan
Daniel Paris
Stuart D. Blacksell
Premjit Amornchai
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Christopher M. Parry
Nicholas P.J. Day
Varun Kumar
Michael J. Carter
Kate Emary
Ngoun Chanpheaktra
Catrin E. Moore
Nicole Stoesser
Hor Putchhat
Soeng Sona
Sin Reaksmey
Paul Kitsutani
Borann Sar
H. Rogier van Doorn
Nguyen Hanh Uyen
Le Van Tan
Daniel Paris
Stuart D. Blacksell
Premjit Amornchai
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Christopher M. Parry
Nicholas P.J. Day
Varun Kumar
Abstract
Background: Febrile illnesses are pre-eminent contributors to morbidity and mortality among children in South-East Asia but the causes are poorly understood. We determined the causes of fever in children hospitalised in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Methods and Findings: A one-year prospective study of febrile children admitted to Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap. Demographic, clinical, laboratory and outcome data were comprehensively analysed. Between October 12th2009 and October 12th2010 there were 1225 episodes of febrile illness in 1180 children. Median (IQR) age was 2.0 (0.8-6.4) years, with 850 (69%) episodes in children <5 years. Common microbiological diagnoses were dengue virus (16.2%), scrub typhus (7.8%), and Japanese encephalitis virus (5.8%). 76 (6.3%) episodes had culture-proven bloodstream infection, including Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (22 isolates, 1.8%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (13, 1.1%), Escherichia coli (8, 0.7%), Haemophilus influenzae (7, 0.6%), Staphylococcus aureus (6, 0.5%) and Burkholderia pseudomallei (6, 0.5%). There were 69 deaths (5.6%), including those due to clinically diagnosed pneumonia (19), dengue virus (5), and melioidosis (4). 10 of 69 (14.5%) deaths were associated with culture-proven bloodstream infection in logistic regression analyses (odds ratio for mortality 3.4, 95% CI 1.6-6.9). Antimicrobial resistance was prevalent, particularly in S. enterica Typhi, (where 90% of isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin, and 86% were multi-drug resistant). Comorbid undernutrition was present in 44% of episodes and a major risk factor for acute mortality (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.1-4.2), as were HIV infection and cardiac disease. Conclusion: We identified a microbiological cause of fever in almost 50% of episodes in this large study of community-acquired febrile illness in hospitalized children in Cambodia. The range of pathogens, antimicrobial susceptibility, and co-morbidities associated with mortality described will be of use in the development of rational guidelines for infectious disease treatment and control in Cambodia and South-East Asia.