Table 2.
Summary of Clinical Characteristics of Patients in Relation to Causative
| Recruited | Tested | Pneumococcus | Meningococcus | Haemophilus influenzae | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Cerebrospinal fluid appearance | Clear | 3338 | 3281 (98.3) | 39 (1.2) | 18 (0.5) | 18 (0.5) |
| Turbid | 418 | 411 (98.3) | 20 (4.9) | 18 (4.4) | 6 (1.5) | |
| Xanthrochromic | 635 | 624 (98.3) | 6 (1.0) | 9 (1.4) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Blood stained | 614 | 607 (98.9) | 4 (0.7) | 8 (1.3) | 3 (0.5) | |
| Unknown | 129 | 85 (65.9) | 2 (2.4) | 0 | 1 (1.2) | |
| White blood cell count (cells/mm3) | ≤10 | 3888 | 3840 (98.8) | 33 (0.9) | 20 (0.5) | 14 (0.4) |
| >10 to 100 | 352 | 348 (98.3) | 4 (1.1) | 6 (1.7) | 2 (0.6) | |
| >100 | 196 | 195 (99.5) | 15 (7.7) | 11 (5.6) | 3 (1.5) | |
| Unknown/not done | 698 | 625 (90.0) | 19 (3.0) | 16 (2.6) | 10 (1.6) | |
| Protein (mg/dL) | ≤100 | 3010 | 2952 (98.1) | 41 (1.4) | 20 (0.7) | 20 (0.7) |
| >100 | 441 | 432 (98.0) | 15 (3.5) | 23 (5.3) | 4 (0.9) | |
| Unknown/not done | 1683 | 1624 (96.5) | 15 (0.9) | 10 (0.6) | 5 (0.3) | |
| Glucose (g/dL) | ≤40 | 1279 | 1261 (98.6) | 21 (1.7) | 23 (1.8) | 13 (1.0) |
| ≥40 | 2193 | 2146 (97.9) | 35 (1.6) | 19 (0.9) | 10 (0.5) | |
| Unknown/not done | 1662 | 1601 (96.3) | 15 (0.9) | 11 (0.7) | 6 (0.4) | |
| Total no. of suspected cases recruiteda | 5134 | 5008 (97.5) | 71 (1.4) | 53 (1.1) | 29 (0.6) |
aSuspected cases include cases that were defined as probable as per World Health Organization case definition guidelines [16].