Table 2. Laboratory data and outcome of hospitalized children with acute bacterial meningitis and univariate analysis for factors associated with mortality.
Abbreviations: WBC: white blood cell, CSF: cerebrospinal fluid, NA: not applicable, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval
Notes: The analysis was made via 1linear model ANOVA and 2Pearson's chi-squared test. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
*Other germs were Neisseria meningitides and Haemophilus influenza type b.
| Variables | Subgroups | Total (N=387) | Alive (N=372, 96.1%) | Died (N=15, 3.9%) | OR (95% CI) | p-value |
| CSF fluid appearance | Cloudy | 379 (97.9) | 364 (97.8) | 15 (100.0) | Reference group | 0.8481 |
| Yellow | 5 (1.3) | 5 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | NA | ||
| Pink | 3 (0.8) | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | NA | ||
| CSF culture | Streptococcus pneumonia | 383 (99.0) | 370 (99.5) | 13 (86.7) | Reference group | < 0.0011 |
| Other* | 4 (1.0) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (13.3) | 28.46 (3.22-253.04) | ||
| Hospitalization | Less than 5 days | 280 (72.4) | 268 (72.0) | 12 (80.0) | Reference group | 0.6161 |
| Between 5-14 days | 90 (23.3) | 88 (23.7) | 2 (13.3) | 0.51 (0.08-1.91) | ||
| More than 14 days | 17 (4.4) | 16 (4.3) | 1 (6.7) | 1.40 (0.07-7.79) | ||
| CSF WBCs | ≥2000 per μL | 331 (85.5) | 322 (86.6) | 9 (60.0) | Reference group | 0.0041 |
| <2000 per μL | 56 (14.5) | 50 (13.4) | 6 (40.0) | 4.29 (1.39-12.43) | ||
| CSF Glucose | ≤ 70 (mg/dL) | 10 (2.6) | 8 (2.2) | 2 (13.3) | Reference group | 0.0531 |
| > 70 (mg/dL) | 377 (97.4) | 364 (97.8) | 13 (86.7) | 0.14 (0.03-1.01) | ||
| CSF Protein | > 100 (mg/dL) | 6 (1.6) | 6 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | Reference group | 0.6201 |
| ≤ 100 (mg/dL) | 381 (98.4) | 366 (98.4) | 15 (100.0) | NA |