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Table 1 Demographic and Laboratory Characteristics of Patients with S. aureus meningitis according to survival.

From: Haematogenous Staphylococcus aureus meningitis. A 10-year nationwide study of 96 consecutive cases

Chraracteristics

All Patients (N = 96)

Survivors (N = 42)

Non-survivors (N = 54)

P value

Age, yr

67 (0–97)

54 (0–97)

72 (35–90)

<0.001

Male/female gender, No

42/54

20/21

22/33

= 0.50

Cell count, total

149 (1–13870)

105 (2–2410)

196 (1–13870)

= 0.097

Cell count, %polymorphnuclear

90 (40–100) (N = 46)

86 (40–100) (N = 19)

90 (50–100) (N = 27)

= 0.47

S-glucose, mmol/l

7.6 (5–35) (N = 36)

6.9 (5–11) (N = 15)

8.4 (6–35) (N = 21)

= 0.048

CRP, mg/l

245 (25–459) (N = 32)

258 (25–392) (N = 15)

222 (138–459) (N = 17)

= 0.48

Initial treatment, No

    

Relevant

34

16

18

 

Irrelevant

53

20

33

= 0.27

Pitt score≥4, No

56

16

40

= 0.006

Other secundary focus, No

57

28

29

= 0.35

Intra-veneous drug use, No

12

9

3

= 0.028

Comorbidity, No

    

None

26

5

21

 

1

36

24

12

 

>1

35

26

9

<0.001

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, data are presented as No. or median (range).