Figure 4From: Influence of the blood bacterial load on the meningeal inflammatory response in Streptococcus pneumoniaemeningitis Correspondent CSF and blood WBC concentrations in patients with pneumococcal meningitis. Correlation between CSF and blood WBC: all patients (n = 127, rho = 0.234, P = 0.008), patients with a positive blood culture (n = 89, rho = 0.272, P = 0.01) and patients with a negative blood (n = 38, rho = 0.159, P = 0.34). No significant difference in CSF WBC between patients with a positive or a negative blood culture (P > 0.05).Back to article page