Table 2 Crude likelihood ratios for meningitis for items of clinical history amongst neonates and young infants in the derivative period.
From: Clinical indicators of bacterial meningitis among neonates and young infants in rural Kenya
First week of life | Age 7 to 59 days | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample size | Without meningitis | With meningitis | Crude LR | Samplesize | Without meningitis | With meningitis | Crude LR | ||
Fever | 1,031 | No | 708 | 7 | 0.30 | 1,341 | 438 | 5 | 0.22 |
Yes | 292 | 24 | 2.65 | 866 | 62 | 1.40 | |||
Vomiting | 787 | No | 714 | 24 | 1.00 | 1,380 | 1,212 | 63 | 1.02 |
Yes | 48 | 1 | 0.78 | 101 | 4 | 0.78 | |||
Anyconvulsions | 1,031 | No | 937 | 24 | 0.81 | 1,380 | 1,213 | 42 | 0.68 |
Yes | 63 | 7 | 3.58 | 100 | 25 | 4. 90 | |||
Partial convulsions | 1,018 | No | 984 | 15 | 0.92 | 1,380 | 1,286 | 59 | 0.90 |
yes | 16 | 3 | 6.05 | 27 | 8 | 5.81 | |||
Able to breast feed | 1,031 | No | 407 | 24 | 1.31 | 1,372 | 55 | 9 | 1.92 |
Yes | 593 | 7 | 0.56 | 1,250 | 58 | 2.83 | |||
Born in hospital | 1,031 | No | 632 | 25 | 1.28 | 1,373 | 1055 | 63 | 1.14 |
yes | 368 | 6 | 0.53 | 250 | 5 | 0.39 | |||