Table 1.
Comparison of children with Acute Bacterial Meningitis complete vs. incomplete data for Herson-Todd Score calculation in Guatemala City, 2000-2007
| Herson-Todd Score Available | Herson-Todd Score Not Available | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Alive N (%) | Major Morbidity N (%) | Dead N (%) | Alive N (%) | Major Morbidity N (%) | Dead N (%) | p-value* |
| Total subjects | 92 | 212 | 79 | 295 | 9 | 113 | <0.0001 |
| Hospital | |||||||
| HGSDJ | 31 (34) | 61 (28) | 19 (24) | 120 (41) | 3 (33) | 33 (29) | 0.04 |
| Roosevelt | 21 (23) | 116 (55) | 52 (66) | 116 (39) | 5 (56) | 63 (56) | |
| IGSS | 40 (43) | 35 (83) | 8 (10) | 59 (20) | 1 (11) | 17 (15) | |
| Demographics | |||||||
| Male | 57 (62) | 151 (71) | 37 (47) | 159 (54) | 5 (56) | 59 (52) | 0.13 |
| Age under 12 months | 77 (84) | 145 (68) | 53 (67) | 225 (77) | 7 (78) | 99 (88) | 0.01 |
| Wet season | 51 (55) | 96 (45) | 46 (58) | 118 (40) | 2 (22) | 44 (39) | 0.002 |
| Received antibiotics prior to arrival | 28 (30) | 98 (46) | 36 (46) | 123 (42) | 4 (44) | 41 (36) | 0.60 |
| Received Hib vaccine (if > 2 months old) | 0 (0) | 8 (4) | 4 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.41 |
| Organism isolated | |||||||
| Hib | 16 (17) | 68 (32) | 18 (23) | 84 (28) | 3 (33) | 21 (19) | 0.04 |
| Spn | 12 (13) | 40 (19) | 28 (35) | 51 (17) | 2 (22) | 36 (32) | |
| Other non-Contaminant | 14 (15) | 19 (9) | 5 (6) | 36 (12) | 1 (11) | 23 (20) | |
| Negative testing | 35 (38) | 43 (20) | 12 (15) | 125 (42) | 1 (11) | 32 (28) | |
*
p-value compares children that had complete data and for which we were able to calculate a Herson-Todd Score to children which were excluded from the analysis dataset due to lack of data on Herson-Todd score factors.