Characteristics | Penicillin non-susceptible(n = 173) | Penicillin Susceptible(n = 681) | OR 95 % CI | p value | ||
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N° of cases with information | N° (%) cases | N° of cases with information | N° (%) cases | |||
Male | 170 | 118 (69.4 %) | 671 | 424 (63.2 %) | 1.32 [0.92–1.90] | 0.13 |
Age | 162 | 651 | ||||
<5 years | 99 (61.1 %) | 218 (33.5 %) | 4.2 [2.1–8.4]2 | <0.05 | ||
≥5 years | 63 (38.9 %) | |||||
Neurological condition at admission1 | 104 | 81 (77.9 %) | 356 | 289 (81.2 %) | 0.82 [0.47–1.40] | 0.45 |
Acute illness preceding meningitis | 61 | 177 | ||||
Pneumonia | 7 (11.5 %) | 7 (3.9 %) | 3.15 [1.05–9.37] | 0.03 | ||
AOM | 9 (14.8 %) | 31 (17.5 %) | 0.81 [0.36–1.82] | 0.61 | ||
URTI | 13 (21.3 %) | 38 (21.5 %) | 0.99 [0.48–2.01] | 0.97 | ||
ICU admission | 86 | 38 (44.2 %) | 282 | 137 (48.6 %) | 0.84 [0.50–1.36] | 0.47 |
>10 days of hospitalization | 157 | 94 (59.9 %) | 643 | 413 (64.2 %) | 0.83 [0.58–1.18] | 0.30 |
Death | 160 | 64 (40 %) | 645 | 195 (30.2 %) | 1.54 [1.07–2.20] | 0.01 |