Table 1.
Baselines characteristics of participants*.
| Characteristic | Clinical value |
|---|---|
| Gestational age (median; IQR; weeks) | 38+1(6) |
| Age (median; IQR; d) | 10(31) |
| Birth weight (median; IQR; g) | 3000(1449) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 54.5% (48/88) |
| Female | 45.5% (40/88) |
| Delivery route | |
| Vaginal delivery | 55.7% (49/88) |
| Cesarean section | 44.3% (39/88) |
| Evidence of lumbar puncture | |
| Fever | 25% (22/88) |
| Sepsis/clinical sepsis | 34.1% (30/88) |
| Follow-up examination | 22.7% (20/88) |
| Seizure | 12.5% (11/88) |
| Coma | 1.1% (1/88) |
| Hydrocephalus | 1.1% (1/88) |
| Intracranial hemorrhage | 2.3% (2/88) |
| Dystonia | 1.1% (1/88) |
| Medication | |
| Empirical treatment | 62.4% (63/101) |
| Nontreatment | 37.6% (38/101) |
*CNS denotes central nervous system, IQR, interquartile range.