Table 1 Distribution of infectious etiologic agents causing CNS infections.

From: Disentangling etiologies of CNS infections in Singapore using multiple correspondence analysis and random forest

Etiology

n/N

% (95%-CI)

Bacterial (N = 50)

Group B Streptococcus

17/50

34.0 (22.4–47.8)

Treponema pallidum

13/50

26.0 (15.9–39.6)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

11/50

22.0 (12.8–35.2)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

3/50

6.0 (2.1–16.2)

Neisseria meningitidis

2/50

4.0 (1.1–13.5)

Haemophilus influenzae

1/50

2.0 (0.4–10.5)

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

1/50

2.0 (0.4–10.5)

Streptococcus galloly ssp pasteurianus

1/50

2.0 (0.4–10.5)

Streptococcus bovis

1/50

2.0 (0.4–10.5)

Viral (N = 33)

Varicella zoster virus

12/33

36.4 (22.2–53.4)

Herpes simplex virus

10/33

30.3 (17.4–47.3)

Enterovirus

5/33

15.2 (6.7–30.9)

Cytomegalovirus

2/33

6.1 (1.7–19.6)

Dengue virus

2/33

6.1 (1.7–19.6)

Epstein-Barr virus

2/33

6.1 (1.7–19.6)

Tuberculosis (N = 22)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

22/22

100

Fungal (N = 5)

Cryptococcus neoformans

5/5

100

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