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Table 1 Cytochemical parameters in the CSF of patients with meningitis and controls

From: A putative role for homocysteine in the pathophysiology of acute bacterial meningitis in children

 

BM

VM

Ctrl

(n =9)

(n =13)

(n =18)

 

Mean ± SD

Median

Mean ± SD

Median

Mean ± SD

Median

(range)

(range)

(range)

HCY (μM)

1.08 ± 1.43

0.69*

0

0*

0.05 ± 0.16

0

(0.0 – 4.37)

(-)

(0.0 – 0.52)

CYS (μM)

30.77 ± 18.46

29.34*

8.41 ± 5.49

8.19*

7.72 ± 4.70

8.33

(13.37 – 67.64)

(0.0 – 19.92)

(0.0 – 16.48)

% PMN

77.89 ± 27.86

86*

35.92 ± 37.38

19

16.22 ± 26.43

3.5*

(5 – 95)

|(0 – 95)

 

WBC /μL

1383 ± 2131

120*

75.38 ± 92.96

50

4.05 ± 4.10

2.5*

(18 – 5600)

(8 – 348)

(1 – 9)

Protein (mg/dL)

157.83 ± 136.1

117*

32.67 ± 12.49

26*

33.34 ± 18.98

26.15

(35 – 441)

(20 – 56.6)

(20 – 85)

Glucose (mg/dL)

48 ± 15.67

48

53 ± 19.62

57.5

60.94 ± 9.59

60

(20 – 71)

(40 – 72)

(50 – 84)

  1. BM = bacterial meningitis; VM = viral meningitis; Ctrl = controls; HCY = homocysteine; CYS = cysteine; WBC = white blood cell; PMN = polymorphonuclear neutrophils; SD = standard deviation; * or  = p <0.05.