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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of CABM in 212 confirmed cases of children in Zhejiang 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

 

G + group, N = 119

G- group, N = 93

P

Gender n (%)

   

 Male

60 (50.4)

59 (63.4)

0.07

 Female

59 (49.6)

34 (36.6)

Age n (%)

   

 Neonates

62 (52.1)

58 (62.4)

0.08

 1–2 months

25 (21.0)

22(23.7)

 3–12 months

15(12.6)

9(9.7)

 1–14 years

17 (14.3)

4 (4.3)

Length of stay (day)

   

 M (IQR)

29 (30)

29 (23)

0.69

Average cost CNY

   

 M (IQR)

39,164.7 (45,712.4)

34,626.9 (31,276.9)

0.24

Prognosis n (%)

   

 Cure

35 (29.4)

26 (28.0)

0.56

 Improved

73 (61.3)

54 (58.1)

 Not healed

10 (8.4)

8 (8.6)

 Death

1 (0.8)

5 (5.4)

  1. G +: Gram-positive bacteria; G-: Gram-negative bacteria
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