Table 1 The epidemiological and laboratory characteristics of patients with meningitis
From: Epidemiological profile of meningitis in Iran before pentavalent vaccine introduction
Variable | Categories of variable | Bacterial meningitis N(%) | Aseptic meningitis N(%) | Total N(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 720 (63.44) | 139 (46.06) | 859 (58.51) |
Female | 414 (36.48) | 78 (35.94) | 492 (33.51) | |
Residency Area | Urban | 839 (73.92) | 159 (73.27) | 998 (67.98) |
Rural | 283 (24.93) | 55 (25.35) | 338 (23.02) | |
Nomads | 2 (0.18) | – | 2 (0.14) | |
Mobile teams | 5 (0.44) | 2 (0.92) | 7 (0.48) | |
Age | <  1 year | 346 (30.48) | 84 (38.71) | 430 (29.29) |
1–5 | 215 (18.94) | 51 (23.5) | 266 (18.11) | |
5 | 574 (50.57) | 82 (37.79) | 656 (44.68) | |
Etiological agents | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 266 (23.44) | Unknown | 266 (18.12) |
Haemophilus influenzae type b | 145 (12.78) | Unknown | 145 (9.88) | |
Neisseria meningitidis | 95 (8.37) | Unknown | 95 (6.47) | |
Other cases | 629 (55.42) | Unknown | 629 (42.85) | |
Treatment Outcome | Recovered | 930 (81.94) | 203 (93.55) | 1133 (77.17) |
Death | 97 (8.55) | 4 (1.84) | 101 (6.88) | |
CSF appearance | Clear | 441 (38.85) | 126 (58.06) | 567 (38.62) |
Turbid | 519 (45.73) | 37 (17.05) | 556 (37.87) | |
Bloody | 42 (3.70) | 14 (6.45) | 56 (3.81) | |
Unknown | 50 (4.41) | 14 (6.45) | 64 (4.35) |