Table 4 Percentage of Positive Results on 1st CSF Culture, and Results of Blood Cultures by Organism
Organism | Bacterial | ||||||
1st CSF culture | Blood culture | ||||||
Positive | Negative | Unknown | |||||
Positive | Negative | Sensitivity | Total | Initial | |||
S. pneumoniae | 18 | 4 | 82% | 12 | 12 | 3 | 7 |
N. meningitidis | 21 | 4 | 84% | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 |
H. influenzae | 12 | 5 | 71% | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
L. monocytogenes | 1 | 2 | 33% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Acenobacter | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
C. septicum | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Clostridium sp. | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bacteroides sp | |||||||
E. coli | 5 | 2 | 71% | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Enterbacter | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Enterococcus | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Gram + Cocci | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Group B Streptococcus | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
M. polymorpha | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
M. tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
P. aeruginosa | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
P. Mirabilis | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
S. aureus | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
S. bovis | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
S. parasanguinis on 1st culture, S. pneumoniae on 2nd culture | 1 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Organism | Fungal | ||||||
| Â | Blood culture | ||||||
1st CSF culture | Positive | Â | |||||
Positive | Negative | % Positive | Total | Initial | Negative | Unknown | |
Cryptococcus | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
A. niger | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
C. albicans | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Organism | Viral | ||||||
| Â | Blood culture | ||||||
1st CSF PCR | Positive | Â | |||||
Positive | Negative | % Positive | Total | Initial | Negative | Unknown | |
Enterovirus | 12 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Echovirus type 3 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Echovirus type 9 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Adenovirus type 3 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Herpes Simplex 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |