Antibiotic use for inpatient newborn care with suspected infection: EN-BIRTH multi-country validation study

Table 4 Laboratory investigations and diagnostics, case note verification, EN-BIRTH study (n = 1015)

	Bangladesh		Nepal	Tanzania		All sites pooled (Random Effects)
	Azimpur Tertiary	Kushtia District	Pokhara Regional	Temeke Regional	Muhimbili National	All sites pooled (Random Effects)
	N = 106	N = 303	N = 344	N = 213	N = 49	N = 1015
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	%
Confirmatory Lab Diagnosis
Blood Culture Done	2 (1.9)	2 (0.7)	281 (81.7)	1 (0.5)	2 (4.1)	10.6
Blood Culture Positive	0 (0)	0 (0)	206 (59.9)	0 (0)	1 (2)	5
LP Done	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (1.5)	0 (0)	2 (4.1)	0.3
LP CSF Appearance Positive	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0
LP CSF Culture Positive	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0.3)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0
LP CSF Clinical Appearance Positive or Culture Positive	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0.58)	0 (0)	1 (2.0)	0.1
Either Blood Culture Positive OR CSF Positive	0 (0)	0 (0)	207 (60.2)	0 (0)	2 (4.1)	5.5
Other Supportive Lab Diagnosis
CBC Done	5 (4.7)	9 (3)	309 (89.8)	1 (0.5)	32 (65.3)	25.7
WBC Count High	1 (0.9)	0 (0)	192 (55.8)	1 (0.5)	15 (30.6)	10.3
Either Blood Culture Positive or CSF Positive or WBC high	1 (0.9)	0 (0)	277 (80.5)	1 (0.5)	16 (32.7)	14.2

LP lumbar puncture, CSF Cerebrospinal fluid, CBC Complete blood count, WBC White blood cell

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