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Table 1 Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of study population

From: Characteristics and biomarkers of patients with central nervous system infection admitted to a referral hospital in Northern Vietnam

Characteristics N=583 (%)
Age, median (p25-p75) 45 (31–58)
Male sex 365 (62.6)
Geography of residence
 Flatland 444 (76.2)
 Mountain 69 (11.8)
 Coastal area 70 (12.0)
Place of residence
 Urban 180 (30.9)
 Rural 403 (69.1)
Exposure to animals, pig 15 (2.6)
Immunocompromised state
 Diabetes 40 (6.9)
 Cirrhosis 13 (2.2)
 Cancer 6 (1.0)
 HIV 37 (6.4)
Antibiotic use before hospitalization 155 (26.6)
Referred from other hospitals 386 (66.2)
Fever (>38°C) 224 (38.8)
Duration of fever at admission, <7 days 412 (70.7)
Headache 494 (84.7)
History of convulsion 38 (6.5)
History of loss of consciousness 221 (37.9)
Neck stiffness 224 (38.4)
Rash 70 (12.0)
Hypoxemia 34 (5.8)
Hypotension 4 (0.7)
Hepatomegaly 63 (10.8)
Splenomegaly 10 (1.7)
Glasgow Coma Scale
 8 to 14 171 (29.6)
 <8 14 (2.4)
Outcomes
 Not recovered-discharged to home 89 (15.3)
 Death at hospital 2 (0.3)