Table 1:

Demographic findings

Age50.6 Days (0–338 Days)
Sex67 male/48 female
Pathogens
 SNHL(+)
  CSF culture resultsNegative (25%)
GBS (21.4%)
E coli (17.9%)
S pneumoniae (17.9%)
Other pathogens (H influenza, S gallolyticus, N meningitidis, S infantarius, and P mirabilis) (17.9%)
  Blood culture resultsE coli (29.6%)
GBS (22.2%)
S pneumoniae (14.8%)
H influenza (7.4%)
K pneumoniae (7.4%)
Other pathogens (S gallolyticus, N meningitidis, S infantarius, P mirabilis, and S hominis) (18.5%)
 SNHL(−)
  CSF culture resultsNegative (30%)
E coli (25%)
GBS (21.3%)
Other pathogens (Gram-positive cocci, Coccobacilli, Salmonella, Serratia, S alpha, S gallolyticus, S gamma, S pneumonia, S pyogenes) (23.7%)
  Blood culture resultsE coli (35.4%)
GBS (29.1%)
Other pathogens (Coagulase negative staphylococcus, Enterobacter, H influenza, Klebsiella, Neisseria, S aureus, S bovis, S gallolyticus, S pneumonia, S pyogenes) (24%)
Negative (11.4%)