Concomitant malaria among visceral leishmaniasis in-patients from Gedarif and Sennar States, Sudan: a retrospective case-control study

Table 3 VL-malaria co-infections, stratified by malaria treatment, and their association with in-hospital death, Sudan (2005-2010)

Malaria treatment	n in-hospital fatalities / denominator	%	Odds Ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Artesunate + SP	0/118	0	1
Artemether	10/186	5.4	13.34	0.77-229.85*
Quinine	4/69	5.8	15.35	0.81-289.33*
Artesunate	0/15	0	-	-
Artemether + lumefantrine	0/9	0	-	-

*P-value <0.10 based on Fisher Exact Probability tests. For the statistical analysis, a value of 0.5 was added to each variable to ensure calculation of OR and 95% CI.

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