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Table 1 Demographics of age by gender, pathogen, co-morbidity and outcome

From: A systematic review of cases of meningitis in the absence of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis on lumbar puncture

 

Age Groups

Neonate (n = 17)

Pediatric (n = 61)

Adult (n = 36)

Senior (n = 10)

p-value

Gender

 Male (n = 43)

2 (12%)

17 (28%)

18 (50%)

6 (60%)

< 0.05

 Female (n = 41)

1 (6%)

18 (30%)

18 (50%)

4 (40%)

 Unknown (n = 40)

14 (82%)

26 (43%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Pathogen

 Bacterial (n = 99)

17 (100%)

46 (75%)

26 (72%)

10 (100%)

< 0.05

 Fungal (n = 9)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

8 (22%)

0 (0%)

 Viral (n = 16)

0 (0%)

14 (23%)

2 (6%)

0 (0%)

Co-morbidity

 Presence of Co-morbidities (n = 22)

0 (0%)

4 (7%)

16 (44%)

2 (20%)

< 0.05

Outcome

 Died (n = 27)

0 (0%)

10 (16%)

14 (39%)

3 (30%)

< 0.05

 Survived (n = 59)

4 (24%)

33 (54%)

17 (47%)

5 (50%)

 Unknown (n = 38)

13 (76%)

18 (30%)

5 (14%)

2 (20%)