Clinical Characteristics, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Outcomes of Patients with Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, 2013–2021

Table 2

Comparison of laboratory analysis of blood and CSF between pediatric and adult IPD cases in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, China, 2013–2021.

Laboratory information	Age groups		value
	≤16 years	>16 years
Peripheral blood
White blood cell (WBC) increasing, N (%)	30 (60)	39 (52)	0.463
Neutrophil percentage increasing, N (%)	23 (46)	60 (80)	<0.001
Cerebral spinal fluid
White blood cell (/mm^3), (median)	81	3840	<0.001
Neutrophil (%), (median)	61.5	82	0.012
Lymphocyte (%), (median)	9	7	0.744
Protein level (g/L), (median)	2.135	4.99	0.019
Cl^− (mmol/L), (median)	115	116	0.276
Glucose (mmol/L), (median)	1.1	1.1	0.557
PCT (ng/ml), N
<0.5	7	12	0.998
0.5 ≤ PCT < 2	9	14
2 ≤ PCT < 10	7	12
≥10	13	22