The Causative Pathogen Determines the Inflammatory Profile in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Outcome in Patients with Bacterial Meningitis

Table 1

Patient groups characteristics.

Pathogen	Number of patients	Gender (male/female)	Median age (min–max)	Mortality (%) (survivors/death)
S. pneumoniae	14	5/8^1	5.5 (0–40)	46% (7/6)^1
N. meningitidis	22	10/9^2	5.5 (1–60)	27% (16/6)
H. influenzae	9	7/2	2 (1–4)	0% (9/0)

11 patient not documented.
²3 patients not documented.