Number of cases | |
Presenting illness | |
Meningitis1-150 | 39 |
Upper respiratory infection/otitis media | 25 |
Pneumonia | 20 |
Occult bacteraemia | 19 |
Other | 3 |
Possible risk factors | |
Recurrent otitis media | 11 |
Congenital heart disease | 6 |
Developmental delay | 4 |
Chronic respiratory disease | 5 |
Immunocompromise1-151 | 4 |
Premature delivery or premature rupture of membranes | 5 |