Final diagnoses of the 586 patients classified to be at low risk for serious bacterial infection (SBI) and managed as outpatients without performing a lumbar puncture and without antibiotic treatment
| Final diagnosis | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Non-SBI | 555 (94.7%) |
| Non-bacterial meningitis | 0 |
| SBI | |
| Definite SBI | |
| Invasive bacterial infection (occult bacteraemia due to Staphylococcus aureus) | 1 (0.17%) |
| Non-invasive SBI (acute gastroenteritis due to group C Salmonella) | 1 (0.17%) |
| Possible SBI | 29 (4.9%) |