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Table 3 Coma etiologies and outcomes (n = 84)

From: Non-traumatic coma in young children in Benin: are viral and bacterial infections gaining ground on cerebral malaria?

Diagnosis

Cerebral malaria

Co-infection

Non-malarial coma

Number

70

8

6

Etiological details (outcome)

 

1 Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (survived)

1 Streptococcus bacteremia (died)

1 WNV encephalitis (survived)

1 HHV6 encephalitis (survived)

1 Adenovirus encephalitis* (died)

1 Aseptic purulent meningitidis (died)

2 measles (1 died, 1 survived)

1 E. coli bacteremia* (died)

1 measles (survived)

1 dengue (survived)

3 undetermined (survived)

Outcome: died

20 (28.6%)

4 (50%)

1 (16,7%)

  1. Data are numbers (%) of children, unless otherwise indicated
  2. WNV West Nile virus, HHV6 human herpesvirus 6
  3. *These patients also had measles specific IgM antibodies