23 March 2024>: Clinical Research
Etiology, Clinical Presentation, and Outcomes of Bacterial Meningitis in Adult Patients: A Retrospective Study in Lithuania (2018–2021)
Greta Rynkevič 1BCDEF* , Emilijus Žilinskas 1BCDEF , Dovilė Streckytė 1ADEF , Daiva Radzišauskienė 2AE , Rūta Mameniškienė 3ADEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.942904
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e942904
Table 3 Laboratory findings of cases based on etiological factor.
Characteristic | L. monocy-togenes (n=17) | N. meningitidis (n=16) | S. pneumoniae (n=16) | S. aureus (n=5) | H. influenzae (n=2) | G+ cocci (n=1) | Unknown origin (n=29) | Total (n=86) | P value |
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CSF white cell count – cells per μl, n, median (IQR) | 466 (46–3347) | 2991 (25–16740) | 4738 (60–22215) | 3137 (217–32426) | 3843 (1170–6517) | 4840 | 779 (98–14861) | 1181 (25–32426) | 0.006 |
CSF polymorphonuclear count – cells per μl, n, median (IQR) | 15.8 (2.2–99.0) | 94.8 (48.6–100.0) | 97.1 (1.7–99.2) | 85.5 (80.0–91.0) | 96.0 (93.0–99.0) | 97.0 | 84.0 (8.5–99.1) | 88.0 (1.7–100.0) | 0.009 |
CSF neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, n, median (IQR) | 0.19 (0.02–99.00) | 14.87 (0.95–65.67) | 34.12 (0.02–124.00) | 7.06 (4.00–10.11) | 56.14 (13.29–99.00) | 32.33 | 5.25 (0.09–110.11) | 6.82 (0.02–124.0) | 0.010 |
CSF protein – g/l, n, median (IQR) | 2.23 (0.53–27.88) | 3.40 (0.42–19.02) | 5.86 (0.97–12.55) | 6.01 (1.85–7.62) | 3.66 (3.52–3.81) | 3.17 | 1.95 (0.29–11.45) | 2.97 (0.29–27.88) | 0.121 |
CSF – cerebrospinal fluid; IQR – interquartile range. |