Primary diagnosis, and contributing diagnoses, for the 69 children who died during the study.

These diagnoses are based on all the available results: hence are not identical to “clinical syndrome diagnosed” in Table 2. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of patients with the contributing diagnosis in addition to the primary diagnosis. Superscripts give further information about individual morbid patients:aAlso with organism of uncertain significance from blood (Burkholderia cepacia) and pulmonary hypertension secondary to congenital heart disease;balso with organism of uncertain significance from blood (Acinetobacter calcoaceticus);calso with organism of uncertain significance from blood (A. calcoaceticus);dalso with organism of uncertain significance from blood (Ochrobactrum anthropi);ealso with organism of uncertain significance from blood (unidentified Gram-negative bacilli).