Summary for the 260 study participants seen in emergency departments with suspected meningococcal disease (n and (%) unless otherwise stated)
Characteristic | |
Age (months; median (range)) | 35 (1–156) |
Male sex | 142 (54.6) |
Vaccination status | |
Vaccinations up-to-date | 253 (97.3) |
Meningococcal B vaccinated | 150 (57.7) |
Meningococcal C vaccinated | 179 (68.8) |
Index tests | |
LAMP | 260(100) |
C reactive protein | 260(100) |
White cell counts | 260(100) |
Reference standard | |
Culture/PCR | 253 (97.3) |
Presumed negative | 7 (2.7) |
Outcomes | |
Received parenteral antibiotics at first presentation | 120 (46.2) |
Admitted to hospital | 142 (54.6) |
Admitted to PICU | 4 (1.5) |
Deaths | 1 (0.4) |
Confirmed meningococcal disease | 5 (1.9) |
LAMP, loop-mediated isothermal amplification; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.