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Table 1 Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) parameters of patients with bacterial meningitis (BM) and aseptic meningitis (AM)

From: The kynurenine pathway is involved in bacterial meningitis

Groups

Non-meningitis, n + 8

Bacterial meningitis, n + 13

Aseptic meningitis, n + 7

Cell count e

2.4 ± 0.8

2,468 ± 794.5ab

81.3 ± 38.0

Protein e

23.5 ± 8.1

171.2 ± 59.2ab

52.7 ± 20.8

Glucose f

72.8 + 8.3d

29.4 ± 5.7

53.2 ± 5.5

Age (months) g

440.6 ± 85.8c

159.4 ± 39.8

280.9 ± 72.5

  1. Mean ± SEM.
  2. a P < 0.001 and b P < 0.05 significant values in the comparison to non-meningitis (NM) and AM respectively, and c P < 0.01 d P < 0.001 in the comparison of BM. e P < 0.001 to one-way analysis with Kruskal-Wallis correction. f P < 0.001 and g P < 0.05 to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).