Table 1 Demographic data of participants
Group A | Group B | Group C | Total | p- value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meningitis | Cerebellitis | Meningoencephalitis | |||||||
Number of patients (n, %) | 13 | 29.6 | 14 | 31.8 | 17 | 38.6 | 44 | 100.0 | |
Age, years (mean, SD) | 7.0 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 6.1 | 3.8 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 0.694 |
Age < 6 years (n, %) | 5 | 38.5 | 9 | 64.3 | 11 | 64.7 | 25 | 56.8 | 0.282 |
Sex male (n, %) | 9 | 69.2 | 6 | 42.9 | 11 | 64.7 | 26 | 59.1 | 0.316 |
Race Caucasian (n, %) | 12 | 92.3 | 14 | 100 | 17 | 100 | 43 | 97.7 | 0.295 |
Hospitalization,days (mean, SD) | 14.2 | 5.7 | 9.1 | 4.1 | 26.7 | 20.5 | 49.9 | 113.5 | 0.002 |
Complications | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17.6 | 3 | 6.8 | 0.078 |