|
CSF samples
|
Purulent meningitis of known aetiology (n = 31)
|
Purulent meningitis of unknown aetiology (n = 20)
|
Lymphocytic meningitis (n = 59)
|
Encephalitis (n = 11)
|
No CNS infection (n = 50)
|
|---|
|
CSF WBC count
|
0.49†
|
-0.21
|
0.35†
|
0.61*
|
0.07
|
|
CSF PMNs
|
0.50†
|
-0.20
|
-0.04
|
0.88†
|
-0.24
|
|
CSF mononuclear
|
0.39*
|
-0.44
|
0.37†
|
0.18
|
0.13
|
|
CSF glucose
|
-0.55‡
|
0.17
|
-0.04
|
-0.25
|
0.14
|
|
CSF/blood glucose
|
-0.51*
|
-0.22
|
0.12
|
-0.21
|
-0.16
|
|
CSF protein
|
0.42*
|
0.12
|
0.31*
|
0.36
|
0.39†
|
|
CSF lactoferrin
|
0.45*
|
-0.33
|
0.15
|
0.95*
|
0.20
|
|
CSF neopterin
|
0.32
|
-0.14
|
0.33*
|
0.80
|
0.17
|
|
Blood WBC count
|
0.13
|
-0.19
|
-0.18
|
-0.50
|
0.06
|
|
Blood neutrophils
|
0.22
|
-0.14
|
-0.18
|
-0.40
|
-0.04
|
|
Blood lymphocytes
|
-0.27
|
-0.29
|
0.04
|
-0.40
|
0.02
|
|
Blood monocytes
|
0.18
|
-0.60*
|
-0.14
|
-0.40
|
0.11
|
- *P < 0.05, †P < 0.01, ‡P < 0.001. CNS, central nervous system; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; MIF, macrophage migration inhibitory factor; PMN, polymorphonuclear leucocyte; WBC, white blood cell.
