Role of Clinical Presentations and Routine CSF Analysis in the Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Cases of Negative Gram Stained Smears

Table 1

Demographic data of bacterial and nonbacterial meningitis in the studied population.

Demographic data	Group I (𝑛=457)		Group II (𝑛=166)		𝑃 value
	Number	%	Number	%
Age					0.07
0-1 month	7*	1.5*	0^†	0.0^†
>1 month–6 years	172	37.6	66	39.7
>6–18 years	74	16.2	24	14.4
>18–60 years	172	37.6	62	37.3
>60 years	32*	7.0*	14^†	8.4^†
𝑃	<𝟎.𝟎𝟏^∗		<𝟎.𝟎𝟏^†
Sex
Male	279	61.00	95	57.2	0.08
Female	179	39.00	71	42.8
𝑃	<0.01		<0.01

^∗𝑃 value significant with these values ^†𝑃 value significant with these values.