Table 1:
Demographic findings
Age | 50.6 Days (0–338 Days) |
Sex | 67 male/48 female |
Pathogens | |
SNHL(+) | |
CSF culture results | Negative (25%) |
GBS (21.4%) | |
E coli (17.9%) | |
S pneumoniae (17.9%) | |
Other pathogens (H influenza, S gallolyticus, N meningitidis, S infantarius, and P mirabilis) (17.9%) | |
Blood culture results | E coli (29.6%) |
GBS (22.2%) | |
S pneumoniae (14.8%) | |
H influenza (7.4%) | |
K pneumoniae (7.4%) | |
Other pathogens (S gallolyticus, N meningitidis, S infantarius, P mirabilis, and S hominis) (18.5%) | |
SNHL(−) | |
CSF culture results | Negative (30%) |
E coli (25%) | |
GBS (21.3%) | |
Other pathogens (Gram-positive cocci, Coccobacilli, Salmonella, Serratia, S alpha, S gallolyticus, S gamma, S pneumonia, S pyogenes) (23.7%) | |
Blood culture results | E coli (35.4%) |
GBS (29.1%) | |
Other pathogens (Coagulase negative staphylococcus, Enterobacter, H influenza, Klebsiella, Neisseria, S aureus, S bovis, S gallolyticus, S pneumonia, S pyogenes) (24%) | |
Negative (11.4%) |