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Table 1 Categorization of the meningitis etiologies according CSF routine investigation

From: Cerebrospinal-fluid cytokine and chemokine profile in patients with pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis

CSF (n samples)

Agea

Cell counta

Proteinb

Glucosea

 

(years)

(cells/mm3)

(g/l)

(mg/dl)

S. pneumoniae (16)

30 (5; 53)

733 (396; 2,520)

211.6 ± 51.45

17.5 (5; 57)

N. meningitidis (12)

23 (7; 27)

3,360 (929; 12,925)c

150.4 ± 29.8

44.5 (5; 60)

  1. aValues are represented as median (25; 75 percentiles); bValues are represented as mean ± SE; cSignificant value compared to S. pneumoniae (P ≤ 0.05).
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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