All N = 38 | Age <18 years N = 17 | Age ≥18 years N = 21 | p-value | |
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Age (years) | - | |||
- Median (interquartile range) | 20 (5 and 61) | 3 (1 and 16) | 60 (37 and 77) | |
Gender | <0.01 | |||
- Female | 16 (42%) | 2 (12%) | 14 (67%) | |
- Male | 22 (58%) | 15 (88%) | 7 (33%) | |
Site of infection | ||||
- Meningitis | 8 (21%) | 5 (29%) | 3 (14%) | 0.43 |
- Meningitis and sepsis | 10 (26%) | 5 (29%) | 5 (24%) | 0.72 |
- Sepsis | 20 (53%) | 7 (41%) | 13 (62%) | 0.32 |
Serogroup | ||||
- B | 12 (32%) | 8 (47%) | 4 (19%) | 0.09 |
- C | 5 (13%) | 2 (12%) | 3 (14%) | 1.00 |
- W | 10 (26%) | 2 (12%) | 8 (38%) | 0.14 |
- Y | 8 (21%) | 3 (18%) | 5 (24%) | 0.71 |
- Unknown | 3 (8%) | 2 (12%) | 1 (5%) | 0.58 |
Year at disease | ||||
- 2016 | 8 (21%) | 2 (12%) | 6 (29%) | 0.26 |
- 2017 | 8 (21%) | 4 (24%) | 4 (19%) | 0.69 |
- 2018 | 11 (29%) | 8 (47%) | 3 (14%) | 0.02 |
- 2019 | 8 (21%) | 2 (12%) | 6 (29%) | 0.26 |
- 2020 | 3 (8%) | 1 (6%) | 2 (10%) | 1.00 |
Emergency service used | 0.08 | |||
- 112: Emergency call center | 13 (34%) | 3 (18%) | 10 (47%) | |
- 1813: Medical helpline | 25 (66%) | 14 (82%) | 11 (53%) | |
30-day mortality | 0.31 | |||
- Survivor | 34 (89%) | 14 (82%) | 20 (95%) | |
- Non-survivor | 4 (11%) | 3 (18%) | 1 (5%) |