Table 1 Patient characteristics
Patient characteristics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
characteristic | bacterial meningitis | viral meningoencephalitis | leptomeningeal metastases | p |
no. of patients | 90 | 117 | 36 | Â |
mean age in years (SD) | 48.1 (19.5) | 39.8 (17) | 52.8 (12) | p < 0.001 |
length of stay in days (SD) | 19.3 (23) | 10.6 (19.4) | 17.3 (17.9) | p = ns |
female patients (%) | 41.1 | 40.3 | 50 | p = ns |
GOS (%) | Â | Â | Â | p < 0.001 |
5 (fully independent) | 67.8 | 94 | 13.9 | Â |
4 (moderate disability) | 15.6 | 5.1 | 25 | Â |
3 (severe disability) | 6.7 | 0 | 19.4 | Â |
2 (persistent vegetative state) | 2.2 | 0.9 | 5.6 | Â |
1 (dead) | 7.8 | 0 | 36.1 | Â |
confirmed etiology (%) | 62.2 | 17.1 | 100 | p < 0.001 |