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Table 4 Age wise distribution of bacterial isolates

From: Bacterial meningitis in children under 15 years of age in Nepal

Organisms

<1 month

1–12 months

13–36 months

37–60 months

>60 months

Total

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Gram-positive

3 (60)

0

1 (20)

0

1 (20)

5 (27.8)

Group B streptococcus

1 (33.3)

0

1 (33.3)

0

1 (33.3)

3 (16.7)

S. pneumoniae

2 (100)

0

0

0

0

2 (11.1)

Gram-negative

2 (15.4)

5 (38.5)

0

2 (15.4)

4 (30.8)

13 (72.2 %)

H. influenzae

2 (28.6)

3 (42.8)

0

1 (14.3)

1 (14.3)

7 (38.9)

N. meningitidis

0

0

0

0

2 (100)

2 (11.1)

E. coli

0

2 (66.7)

0

0

1 (33.3)

3 (16.7)

Pseudomonas spp.

0

0

0

1 (100)

0

1 (5.5)

Total

5 (27.8)

5 (27.8)

1 (5.5)

2 (11.1)

5 (27.8)

18 (100)