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Table 3 The commonly occurred clinical presentation among meningitis patients admitted to pediatric ward of BGH from February 12, 2020 to August 11, 2020

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

Variables

 

Frequency

Percentage

Fever

Yes

164

83.67

No

32

16.33

Vomiting

Yes

105

53.57

No

91

46.43

Poor feeding

Yes

102

52.04

No

94

47.96

Neck rigidity

Yes

149

76.02

No

47

23.98

Seizure

Yes

45

22.96

No

151

77.04

Irritability

Yes

122

62.24

No

74

37.76

Bulged fontanel

Yes

7

3.57

No

189

96.43