Table 1 Summary of findings for patient demographics from qualitative and quantitative synthesis

190

• Males = 94

• Females = 89

• Unidentified = 7

40 (26–58)

• Infectious organism = 171

• Unknown = 9

• Not infectious = 6

• No organism found = 4

• Neisseria meningitidis = 55

• Streptococccus pneumonia = 55

• Capnocytophaga canimorsus = 9

• Escherichia coli = 7

• Staphylococcus aureus = 6

• Streptococccus pyogenes = 3

• Klebsiella pneumonia = 2

• Haemophilus influenza = 2

• Plasmodium falciparum = 2

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa = 1

• Bacteroides fragilis = 1

• Capnocytophaga ochracea = 1

• Pasteurella multocida = 1

• Chlamydia pneumonia = 1

• Proteus mirabilis = 1

• Gemella bergeri = 1

• Vibrio vulnificus = 1

• Leptospirosis = 1

• Trichosporon asahii = 1

• Cytomegalovirus = 1

• Varicella = 1

• West Nile Virus = 1