Table 2 Factors independently associated with poor outcomes at leaving hospital in patients treated as bacterial meningitis at teaching hospitals in Ethiopia, 2011–2015

 Level of consciousness at presentation (for a point increase in GCS)

0.79

0.73–0.85

<0.001

 Dexamethasone treatment

3.38

1.87–6.12

<0.001

 Aspiration pneumonia at presentation

2.97

1.36–6.41

0.006

 Cranial nerve palsy at presentation

4.73

1.45–15.50

0.010

 Level of consciousness at presentation (for a point increase in GCS)

0.77

0.66–0.89

<0.001

 Dexamethasone treatment

4.46

1.98–10.08

<0.001

 TB suspected cases

2.78

1.06–7.30

0.038

 Focal neurologic deficit at presentation

3.33

1.31–8.50

0.012

 Seizure at presentation

2.20

1.03–4.67

0.041

 Duration of illness before presentation

1.09

1.01–1.16

0.020

 Impaired consciousness (GCS < 15)

2.65

1.21–5.81

0.015