Characteristics | Number of CSF samples (%) | Number of pathogens identified (%) | Number of bacterial species identified (%) | ||
H. influenzae | S. pneumoniae | N. meningitidis | |||
Appearance of CSF samples |
|
|
|
|
|
Clear | 1594 (54.4) | 129 (8.1) | 14 (10.9) | 91 (70.5) | 24 (18.6) |
Turbid | 875 (29.9) | 674 (77.0) | 86 (12.8) | 406 (60.2) | 182 (27.0) |
Hemorragic | 199 (6.8) | 38 (19.1) | 7 (18.4) | 30 (79.0) | 1 (2.6) |
Xanthochromic | 112 (3.8) | 52 (46.4) | 1 (2.0) | 41 (78.8) | 10 (19.2) |
Unknown | 148 (5.1) | 6 (4.1) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) |
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
Male | 1639 (56.0) | 531 (32.4) | 58 (10.9) | 342 (64.4) | 131 (24.7) |
Female | 1285 (43.9) | 366 (28.5) | 52 (14.2) | 227 (62.0) | 87 (23.8) |
Unknown | 4 (0.1) | 2 (50.0) | - | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) |
Years |
|
|
|
|
|
2016 | 1069 (36.5) | 312 (29.2) | 52 (16.7) | 175 (56.1) | 85 (27.2) |
2017 | 1127 (38.5) | 318 (28.2) | 35 (11.0) | 182 (57.2) | 101 (31.8) |
2018 | 732 (25.0) | 269 (36.7) | 23 (8.6) | 213 (79.2) | 33 (12.3) |
Total CSF analyzed | 2928 (100) | 899 (30.7) | 110 (12.2) | 570 (63.4) | 219 (24.4) |