Table 5: Relationship between severity of anemia and type of neonatal infection.
|
No anemia |
Mild anemia |
Moderate anemia |
Severe anemia |
p |
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|
|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
|
|
Bacterial Infection |
30 |
50.0 |
10 |
16.7 |
13 |
21.7 |
7 |
11.6 |
0.3 |
|
NBNPI |
11 |
57.9 |
6 |
31.6 |
1 |
5.2 |
1 |
5.3 |
|
|
Plasmodial Infection |
2 |
25.0 |
3 |
37.5 |
3 |
37.5 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
|
Bacterial-Plasmodial Co-infection |
5 |
38.5 |
3 |
23.1 |
2 |
15.3 |
3 |
23.1 |
|