Table 1

Distribution of clinical diagnoses

Clinical group Diagnosis Number Total
Systemic bacterialBacteraemia10
Osteomyelitis111
Local bacterialAcute tonsillitis28
Acute otitis media9
Urinary tract infection4
Cervical lymphadenitis3
Abscess1
Acute bacterial conjunctivitis1
Proven bacterial enteritis147
Presumed viral/atypicalCulture negative fever without focus33
Upper respiratory tract infection27
Human parvovirus B19 infection3
Presumed viral enteritis3
Asthmatic attack2
Dengue haemorrhagic fever1
Varicella zoster infection1
Mumps infection1
Viral meningitis172
Acute chest syndrome3636
Painful crisisMild bony pain15
Severe bony pain16
Rib/sternal pain9
Avascular necrosis3
Abdominal pain447
Total diagnoses213