| Blood culture results | X2 | P-value | ||
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |||
| Characteristics | ||||
| Children | 615 (46.5) | 707 (52.5) | 32.9 | 0.000* |
| Adults | 118 (30.2) | 273 (69.8) |
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| Sex |
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| Male | 385 (41.3) | 547 (58.7) | 1.83 | 0.176 |
| Female | 348 (44.6) | 433 (55.4) |
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| Children |
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| Male | 329 (44.5) | 410 (55.5) | 2.694 | 0.101 |
| Female | 286 (49.1) | 297 (50.9) |
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| Adult |
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| Male | 56 (29.0) | 137 (71.0) | 0.245 | 0.621 |
| Female | 62 (31.3) | 136 (68.7) |
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