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Table 4 Detection rate of pathogens in 918 children with CABM.

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

Age group

Organism, n (%)

E.coli

GBS

S.pneumoniae

CNS

L.monocytogenes

S.aureus

Hib

Others

All

Neonates

N = 408

48 (11.76)

34 (8.33)

0 (0.00)

10 (2.45)

3 (0.74)

5 (1.23)

1 (0.25)

17 (4.17)

120 (29.41)

1–2 M

N = 230

20 (8.70)

20 (8.70)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

2 (0.87)

0 (0.00)

5 (2.17)

47 (20.43)

3–12 M

N = 167

3 (1.80)

3 (1.80)

4 (2.40)

2 (1.20)

1 (0.60)

2 (1.20)

1 (0.60)

7 (4.19)

24 (14.37)

1–14 Y

N = 113

0 (0.00)

0 (0.00)

10 (8.85)

1 (0.88)

2 (1.77)

1 (0.88)

1 (0.88)

5 (4.42)

21 (18.58)

P

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.06

0.23

0.99

0.30

0.58

< 0.001

  1. E.coli, Escherichia coli; GBS, Streptococcus agalactiae; S.pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae; CNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci; L. monocytogenes, Listeria monocytogenes; S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; Hib, Haemophilus influenzae