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Volume 352:1379-1381 March 31, 2005 Number 13
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Bacteremia among Kenyan Children

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by Berkley, J. A.
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To the Editor: Berkley et al. (Jan. 6 issue)1 studied the prevalence and outcome of bacteremia among 19,339 children admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya. Most of the children were less than five years of age. Applying rigorous methods despite difficult conditions, the investigators found that the major causes of death were common bacterial infections, not the often-touted culprits — malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis.

This article leaves unanswered the question of the effectiveness and availability of antibiotics for treatment. To which antibiotics were the isolates susceptible or resistant? Antimicrobial activity in blood samples was associated with increased mortality. Did . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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