Table 3.
Percent of cerebrospinal fluid specimens from which Streptococcus pneumoniae was identified by culture, latex agglutination, or ICT in patients with ICT done.
| N | Culture | Culture or LA* |
Culture or ICT |
Culture or LA or ICT |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | |||||
| Africa | 469 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 18.3 |
| Asia | 704 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 19.3 | 19.5 |
| Country | |||||
| Bangladesh | 415 | 1.0 | 6.3 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Burkina Faso | 354 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| Kenya | 78 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 10.8 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Pakistan | 289 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 18.3 | 18.7 |
| Prior antibiotic use |
|||||
| Yes | 310 | 3.2 | 13.6 | 26.1 | 26.5 |
| No | 629 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| White blood cell count (per mm3) |
|||||
| <20 | 191 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 20-99 | 348 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 118 |
| 100-999 | 289 | 8.0 | 14.9 | 26.6 | 27.0 |
| 1000+ | 343 | 8.8 | 14.9 | 23.9 | 23.9 |
| Age group (years) |
|||||
| <1 | 516 | 4.8 | 10.3 | 21.1 | 21.9 |
| 1-4 | 343 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 14..6 | 14..6 |
| 5-14 | 171 | 6.4 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 15.2 |
| 15+ | 143 | 14.0 | 10.1 | 23.8 | 23.8 |
*
LA=latex agglutination