TABLE 6.

Timing of Infection Diagnosis, Length of Hospitalization, and Mortality Among Patients With a CNS Infection

Characteristic	n	Time to CNS Infection Diagnosis, Median (IQR), d	Inpatient Hospital Stay, Median (IQR), d	Mortality, n (%)
Patients with CNS Infection	12	12 (7–22)	50 (37–55)	2 (16.7)
US hospital
Northeastern Region	9	13 (7–22)	54 (44–56)	1 (11.1)
Southwestern Region	3	11 (7–23)	37 (15–52)	1 (33.3)
Non-CNS infections present*
Yes	10	13.5 (7–22)	53 (44–56)	2 (20.0)
No	2	9 (7–11)	31 (25–37)	0 (0)
Non-HFN injury profiles
Yes	7	22 (8–23)	54 (36–56)	2 (28.6)
No	5	7 (7–11)	44 (37–49)	0 (0)
CNS injury severity**
Max head AIS = 6	10	13.5 (8–22)	53 (37–56)	2 (20.0)
Max head AIS = 5	2	6 (5–7)	35 (25–44)	0 (0)

*Non-CNS infections largely included pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and skin and soft-tissue infections.

**Abbreviated Injury Scale severity codes: 5 indicates critical and 6, maximal (currently untreatable).

AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; HFN, head/face/neck.