Table 1 Patients and clinical variables

General characteristics

Male gender ^a

471

(0)

260

55.2%

Outcome measure

Hearing loss ^a

471

(0)

34

7.2%

Clinical predictors

Duration of symptoms > 2 days^a

464

(1.5)

110

23.7%

Petechiae ^a

463

(1.7)

273

59.0%

CSF glucose ≤ 0.6 mmol/l ^a

418

(11.2)

125

29.9%

Causative pathogen in CSF:

471

(0)

N. meningitidis ^a

391

83%

S. pneumoniae ^a

80

17%

(transient) ataxia ^{a. b}

471

(0)

16

3.4%