Table 2.

Demographic and laboratory data, median length of stay, admissions to intensive care unit, vasoactive drug support, mechanical ventilation support, and major complications of patients diagnosed with pneumococcal meningitis.

Variables	Patients N = 21
Demographic data
Age group of patients:
28 days to <2 years	10
2 years to <5 years	3
5 years to 10 years	4
11 years to 15 years	4
Male	13
Median length of stay	14
Laboratory data
Positive blood fluid culture	1
Positive cerebrospinal fluid culture	4
Negative cultures and positive cerebrospinal fluid PCR	3
Positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures	13
Identified serotypes
18C, 6B, 15A, 28, 7F, 12F, 15C, 19A and 14
Unspecified	12
Admissions at intensive care unit	16
Vasoactive drug support	8
Mechanical ventilation support	9
Major complications
Hydrocephalus	2
Convulsion	5
Facial fistula	1
Anisocoria and hemiparesis	1
Empyema	2
Death	2