Correction to: BMC Infect Dis (2021) 21:1088 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06781-6

Following the publication of the original article [1], some errors were identified in the text and in Table 3a.

The footnotes are currently labeled as:

  • a Surveillance study.

  • b Meningeal irritation syndrome encompasses Kernig’s sign and Brudzinski’s sign.

The footnotes should be labeled as:

  • A Meningeal irritation syndrome encompasses Kernig’s sign and Brudzinski’s sign

  • B Surveillance study.

The original article [1] has been corrected.