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. 2015 Mar 23;14:17. doi: 10.1186/s12941-015-0078-0

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Group of patients according to the bioscore. BM: bacterial meningitis; Non-BM: non-bacterial meningitis. The types of organisms according to the bioscore are as follows: Bioscore 0, coagulase-negative Staphylococci (n=10), Staphylococcus aureus (n=2) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=1); Bioscore 1, coagulase-negative Staphylococci (n=18), Staphylococcus aureus (n=1), Pediococcus pentosaceus (n=1), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=1), Bacillus typhi suis (n=1), a mix infection of coagulase-negative Staphylococci and Acinetobacter baumannii (n=1); Bioscore 2, coagulase-negative Staphylococci (n=34), Staphylococcus aureus (n=1), Enterobacter cloacae (n=3), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=1), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=1), Escherichia coli (n=2), Acinetobacter baumannii (n=1) and Pseudomonas oryzihabitans (n=1).