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Table 3 Diagnoses made by examining clinician at enrolment by RDT result

From: Treatment guided by rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Tanzanian children: safety and alternative bacterial diagnoses

 

RDT-Negative

RDT-Positive

 

First diagnosis

Secondary diagnoses

Total (%)

First diagnosis

Secondary diagnoses

Total (%)

Upper resp. tract infection

150

5

155 (14.2)

4

6

10 (3.6)

Non-specific fever

182

6

188 (17.2)

0

0

0

Diarrhoea

72

40

112 (10.2)

2

7

9 (3.2)

Pneumonia

375

8

383 (35.0)

20

9

29 (10.6)

Malaria

0

0

 

127

31

158 (57.0)

Anaemia

0

206

206 (18.8)

0

59

59 (21.3)

Bronchitis/wheeze

0

3

3 (0.3)

0

0

0

Other

28

19

47 (4.4)

5

7

11 (4.1)

TOTAL

807

287

1,094 (100)

158

119

277 (100)