| Bacterial meningitis n= 35 | Viral meningitis n= 218 | P |
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Leucocyte count/mm3 (min - max) | 1,515 ± 2,000 (25-10,320) | 257 ± 520 (23-6,500) | 0.0001 |
Neutrophil count/mm3 (min - max) | 1,003 ± 2,000 (22-10,000) | 75 ± 160 (15-1,188) | 0.0001 |
Glucose level (mmol/L) (min - max) | 2.5 ± 1.5 (0.1-5) | 3.4 ± 1 (2.1-14) | 0.0001 |
CSF/serum glucose ratio (min - max) | 0.24 ± 0.3 (0.1-0.5) | 0.51 ± 0.15 (0.3-1.8) | 0.01 |
Lactate (mmol/L) (min - max) | 9 ± 5 (3.2-25) | 2.6 ± 1.6 (0.5-3.7) | 0.0001 |
CSF/serum lactate ratio (min - max) | 3.7 ± 2.7 (1.5-8.4) | 1.5 ± 1.4 (1-1.9) | 0.0001 |
Protein level (g/L) (min - max) | 4.9 ± 4.6 0.5-24 | 1 ± 0.6 0.3-4 | 0.0001 |