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. 2022 Mar 14;11:29. doi: 10.1186/s40249-022-00956-2

Table 3.

Coma etiologies and outcomes (n = 84)

Diagnosis Cerebral malaria Co-infection Non-malarial coma
Number 70 8 6
Etiological details (outcome)

1 Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (survived)

1 Streptococcus bacteremia (died)

1 WNV encephalitis (survived)

1 HHV6 encephalitis (survived)

1 Adenovirus encephalitis* (died)

1 Aseptic purulent meningitidis (died)

2 measles (1 died, 1 survived)

1 E. coli bacteremia* (died)

1 measles (survived)

1 dengue (survived)

3 undetermined (survived)

Outcome: died 20 (28.6%) 4 (50%) 1 (16,7%)

Data are numbers (%) of children, unless otherwise indicated

WNV West Nile virus, HHV6 human herpesvirus 6

*These patients also had measles specific IgM antibodies