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Table 2 Routine laboratory evalutions of CSF of the four cases

From: Clinical features of aseptic meningitis with varicella zoster virus infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing: case reports

Case No.

Days from symptom onset to CSF collection (d)

Days from CSF collection to diagnosis (d)

Total time to diagnosis (d)

Pressure (mm H2O)

WBC (×106/L)

Multinuclear (%)

Protein (g/L)

Glucose (mmol/L)

Serum glucose (mmol/L)

1

4

2

2

165

147

1.4

1.72

3.82

6.80

1

13

/

/

120

39

1.0

0.88

4.97

6.95

2

3

2

2

235

200

1.0

0.57

3.88

4.74

2

11

/

/

70

130

0.8

0.40

4.97

5.93

3

7

2

3

400

478

0.2

1.79

7.03

8.37

3

16

/

/

240

91

0.4

0.65

4.06

5.79

4

4

2

3

275

434

0.7

1.10

3.72

4.77

4

12

/

/

175

175

0.9

0.37

3.42

4.64

  1. Note: Total time to diagnosis = days to CSF collection+ days from CSF collection to NGS result