Table 2. Laboratory confirmation of bacterial meningitis pathogens.

Test	H. influenzae type b (N = 37)		S. pneumoniae (N = 213)		N. meningitidis (N = 7)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Latex Agglutination (LA)	21	56.8	22	10.3	5	71.4
Blood Culture	2	5.4	19	8.9	0	0.0
PCR Test	1	2.7	155	72.8	0	0.0
More than one test
i. Culture + LA	3	8.1	6	2.8	1	14.3
ii. LA + PCR	8	21.6	7	3.3	1	14.3
iii. Culture + PCR	1	2.7	2	0.9	0	0.0
iv. Culture + LA + PCR	1	2.7	2	0.9	0	0.0