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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with pneumococcal meningitis, stratified by penicillin susceptibility

From: Temporal trends and clonal diversity of penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci from meningitis cases from 1996 to 2012, in Salvador, Brazil

Characteristics

Penicillin non-susceptible(n = 173)

Penicillin Susceptible(n = 681)

OR 95 % CI

p value

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

  1. Note. Data are no. (%) of patients for whom information were obtained, ICU intensive care unit, AOM Acute Otitis Media, URTI Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
  2. 1Coma/Altered mental status. 2 Adjusted odds ratio