Treatment outcome and associated factors of bacterial meningitis at pediatric wards of southwestern Ethiopian hospital: a prospective observational study

Table 1 Socio-demographic factors and clinical characteristics of meningitis patients admitted to pediatric ward of BGH from February 12, 2020 to August 11, 2020

Variables		Frequency	Percentage
Age	< 2 months	16	8.2
Age	> = 2moths	180	91.8
Sex	Male	112	57.1
Sex	Female	84	42.9
Residence	Urban	102	52
Residence	Rural	94	48
Duration of illness before admission	< 72 h	92	46.9
Duration of illness before admission	> = 72 h	104	53.1
Immunization history	Complete	101	51.5
Immunization history	Incomplete	95	48.5
Co-morbidity	No	70	42.33
Co-morbidity	Yes	126	35.7
Corticosteroid used for meningitis treatment	No	81	41.3
Corticosteroid used for meningitis treatment	Yes	115	58.7
Oxygen administration	No	162	82.7
Oxygen administration	Yes	34	17.3
Pneumonia	Yes	67	34.18
Pneumonia	No	129	65.82
Sepsis	Yes	107	54.59
Sepsis	No	89	45.41
Sever acute malnutrition	Yes	33	16.84
Sever acute malnutrition	No	163	83.16
Malaria	Yes	36	18.37
Malaria	No	160	81.63
Typhoid fever	Yes	45	22.96
Typhoid fever	No	151	77.04
Cellulitis	Yes	62	31.63
Cellulitis	No	134	68.37

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