No systemic inflammatory response (n = 26) | Systemic inflammatory response (n = 218) | |
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Gestational age at cerebrospinal fluid analysis (weeks, mean, standard deviation) | 38.7 (3.1) | 39 (2.3) |
Gender (male) | 14 | 113 |
Number of patients with organisms isolated from blood | 2a | 14b |
Number of patients with positive urine culture | 2 | 8 |
Seizures | 2 | 9 |
Adverse neurological outcome | 1c | 7d |