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

Table 3

Clinical manifestations of bacterial and aseptic meningitis in the studied population.

Condition	Group I (𝑁=457)		Group II (𝑁=166)		Total (𝑁=623)		𝑃
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Pneumonia	79	17.3*	38	22.9*	117	18.8*
Recurrent meningitis	22	4.8	2	1.2	24	3.9
Diarrhea	12	2.6	12	7.2	24	3.8
Otitis media	19	4.2	2	1.2	21	3.4
Sinusitis	15	3.3	3	1.8	18	2.9
Urinary tract infection	0	0	6	3.6	6	1.0
Cirrhosis	3	0.7	0	0	3	0.5
Spinal anesthesia	0	0	1	0.6	1	0.2
Total	150	33	64	38	214	34	<𝟎.𝟎𝟏^∗
Antibiotic intake
Positive	275	60.2	69	41.6	344	55.2	<0.01
Negative	182	39.8	97	58.4	279	44.8

^∗𝑃 value significant with these values.