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| Associate Diseases | Number of children (%) (N = 251) |
| Associate diseases | SEPSIS | 79 (31.4) |
| Neurological malaria | 55 (21.9) | |
| Congenital heart disease | 2 (0.8) | |
| HIV | 2 (0.8) | |
| None | 113 (45) | |
| Antibiotic used | Ceftriaxone and gentamicin | 110 (43.8) |
| Chloramphenicol | 52 (20.7) | |
| cefotaxime and gentamycin | 28 (11.2) | |
| Meropenem | 26 (10.4) | |
| Duration of hospital stay (days) | 1 - 3 | 60 (23.9) |
| 4 - 10 | 105 (41.8) | |
| 11 - 20 | 62 (24.7) | |
| ≥21 | 24 (9.6) | |
| Outcome | Improved and cured | 181 (72.1) |
| Death | 70 (27.9) | |
| Death before 72 h | 56 (22.3) | |
| Death after 72 h | 14 (5.6) |