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Table 5 Analysis of brain imaging results of 918 CABM 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

Group

All imaging abnormalities n (%)

P

Subdural collections/Empyema n (%)

P

Hydrocephalus n (%)

P

All cases (N = 918)

189 (20.6)

 

73 (8.0)

 

46 (5.0)

 

Diagnosis

      

 Confirmed group (N = 212)

76 (35.8)

< 0.001

34 (16)

< 0.001

22 (10.4)

< 0.001

 Clinical group (N = 275)

72 (26.2)

 

22 (8.0)

 

21 (7.6)

 

 Probable group(N = 431)

41 (9.5)

17 (3.9)

 

3 (0.7)

 

Age

      

 Neonates (N = 408)

83 (20.3)

0.37

17 (4.2)

< 0.001

21 (5.1)

0.99

 1–2 months (N = 230)

40 (17.4)

24 (10.4)

11 (4.8)

 3-12months(N = 167)

38 (22.8)

25 (15.0)

8 (4.8)

 1–14 years (N = 113)

28 (24.8)

7 (6.2)

6 (5.3)