Table 3. Age stratification of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) patients based on multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (M-qPCR).

		Bacteria causing ABM
		S. pneumoniae	H. influenzae	N. meningitidis	S. agalactiae
Age group (month)	No. of confirmed ABM	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
<1	11	0 (0)	1(9.1)	0 (0)	10 (90.9)
1–11	124	78 (62.9)	35 (28.2)	6 (4.8)	5 (4.0)
12–23	25	19 (76.0)	2 (8.0)	4 (16.0)	0 (0)
24–59	33	24 (72.7)	7 (21.2)	1 (3.0)	1 (3.0)
Total	193	121 (62.7)	45 (23.3)	11 (5.7)	16 (8.3)