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The objective was to describe clinical and laboratory exam profiles of children who were diagnosed with CNS infections.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a cross-sectional study based on medical records, which included pediatric patients aged from 3\u2009months to 15\u2009years, with a clinical suspicion of CNS infection between January 2014 to December 2019. The pathogens were confirmed in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples using Gram staining, cell culture, molecular diagnostics (PCR and qPCR), and serology.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Out of the 689 enrolled patients, 108 (15.6%) had laboratory-confirmed infections in CSF. The most common bacterial pathogens isolated from the culture were <jats:italic>Neisseria meningitidis<\/jats:italic> serogroup C in 19, <jats:italic>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> in 11, and <jats:italic>Haemophilus influenzae<\/jats:italic> in seven samples. The viruses identified were <jats:italic>Enterovirus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Cytomegalovirus<\/jats:italic>, Var<jats:italic>icella-zoster virus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Epstein\u2013Barr virus<\/jats:italic>, and arbovirus. No patient was found to be positive for <jats:italic>Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2<\/jats:italic>. Patients with viral infections showed altered levels of consciousness (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001) when compared to bacterial infections.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study shows the presence of important vaccine-preventable pathogens, and different families of viruses causing CNS infections in the pediatric patients of Manaus.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2023.1329091","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,21]],"date-time":"2023-12-21T04:50:22Z","timestamp":1703134222000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Pediatric central nervous system infections in the Amazon: clinical and laboratory profiles"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Eveny Perlize Melo","family":"Marinho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ewerton 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