Mortality in hospitalized patients with tuberculous meningitis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 CSF features by survival

	Total (n = 263)	Surviving (n = 183)	Deceased (n = 80)	p
Protein^a	213 (10–6000)	207 (10–6000)	245 (19–1200)	0.115
Glucose^a	32 (10–118)	34 (10–118)	27 (10–111)	0.006
Hypoglycorrhachia^b	216/229 (94.3%)	146/157 (92.9%)	70/72 (97.2%)	0.610
Leukocytes^a	80 (1–3808)	90 (1–3808)	60 (1–1140)	0.027
Mononuclear cells (%)^a	98 (5–100)	98 (5–100)	96 (10–100)	0.650
ADA^a	10 (0.8–76.1)	9.8 (0.9–52.7)	10.8 (0.8–76.1)	0.251

^a Median (range)
^b Data are not included for patients without simultaneously drawn CSF and serum glucose quantities

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