|
Pathogens
|
Number of positive CSF
|
Percentage
|
|---|
|
Streptococcus pneumoniae
|
2826
|
24.39
|
|
Haemophilus influenzae
|
362
|
3.12
|
|
Neisseria meningitidis
|
7747
|
66.87
|
|
Neisseria meningitidis A
|
1161
|
10.02
|
|
Neisseria meningitidis B
|
1
|
0.01
|
|
Neisseria meningitidis C
|
2771
|
23.92
|
|
Neisseria meningitidis W
|
2796
|
24.13
|
|
Neisseria meningitidis X
|
552
|
4.76
|
|
Neisseria meningitidis Y
|
6
|
0.05
|
|
Other Neisseria meningitidis
|
460
|
3.97
|
|
Other pathogensa
|
620
|
5.35
|
|
Positive Latex testa
|
30
|
0.26
|
|
Total of positive CSF
|
11,585
|
100.00
|
- aOther pathogens include Streptococcus spp., Streptococcus group D, Salmonella sp., Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp., Candida sp., Acinetobacter sp., Listeria sp., Cryptococcus neoformans and Pseudomonas sp. (Source: WHO)
