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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of CABM in 918 children aged 0–14 years in Zhejiang Province from 2019 to 2020

From: Diagnostic status and epidemiological characteristics of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in children from 2019 to 2020: a multicenter retrospective study

 

Confirmed group N = 212

Clinical group N = 275

Probable group N = 431

All Cases N = 918

P

Gender n (%)

     

 Male

119 (56.1)

194 (70.5)

271 (62.9)

584 (63.6)

0.004

 Female

93 (43.9)

81 (29.5)

160 (37.1)

334 (36.4)

Age n (%)

     

 Neonates

120 (56.6)

136 (49.5)

152 (35.3)

408 (44.4)

< 0.001

 1–2 months

47 (22.2)

70 (25.5)

113 (26.2)

230 (25.1)

 3–12 months

24 (11.3)

31 (11.3)

112 (26.0)

167 (18.2)

 1–14 years

21 (9.9)

38 (13.8)

54 (12.5)

113 (12.3)

Length of stay (day)

     

 M (IQR)

29 (26)

23 (18)

15 (8)

20 (16)

< 0.001

 Average cost CNY

     

 M (IQR)

35,824 (438,217)

27,768 (30,446)

16,209 (11,228)

21,531 (24,835)

< 0.001

Prognosis n (%)

     

 Cure and improved

188 (88.7)

264 (96.0)

415 (96.3)

867 (94.4)

< 0.001

 Cure

61 (28.8)

95 (34.5)

156 (36.2)

312 (33.9)

0.017

 Improved

127 (59.9)

169 (61.5)

259 (60.1)

555 (60.5)

 Not healed

18 (8.5)

8 (2.9)

12 (2.8)

38 (4.1)

 Death

6 (2.8)

3 (1.1)

4 (0.9)

13 (1.4)

  1. Confirmed group, Pathogenic bacteria found in cerebrospinal fluid or blood; Clinical group, Typical clinical presentation and CSF showed typical changes, but no pathogenic organism was found in the CSF; Probable group, Atypical changes in CSF and no pathogen found in CSF, but associated clinical symptoms; M(IQR), median (interquartile range); CNY, China Yuan