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. 2022 Aug 5;71(31):1000–1001. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7131a4

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This figure is a bar chart showing the mean percent change in number of intracranial bacterial infections among children and adolescents aged ≤18 years from before the COVID-19 pandemic through the early pandemic in eight U.S. children’s hospitals in the United States during January 2018–March 2022. — Mean percent change* in number of intracranial bacterial infections^† among children and adolescents aged ≤18 years from before the COVID-19 pandemic through the early pandemic — eight U.S. children’s hospitals, January 2018–March 2022

* Mean percent change was calculated across participating institutions for each infection type from the prepandemic (January 1, 2018–January 1, 2020) to the early pandemic (March 1, 2020–March 1, 2022) periods. SD shown by error bars.

^† Intracranial abscess count does not include counts from sinusitis with intracranial abscess or mastoiditis with intracranial abscess.