Role of Clinical Presentations and Routine CSF Analysis in the Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Cases of Negative Gram Stained Smears

Table 4

Plasma inflammatory markers inbacterial and nonbacterial meningitis groups in the studied population.

Inflammatory markers	Group I (𝑛=457)		Group II (𝑛=166)		𝑃 value
	Number	%	Number	%
WBCs (/mm^3)
4.000–10.000 (mean ± SD)	10877.02±5113.76		8093.37±4488.99		<0.01
≤10.000	238	52.1	126	75.9	<0.01
>10.000	219	47.9	40	24.1
CRP (mg/L)
Normal (<6) (mean ± SD)	27.03±28.07		4.24±0.11		0.01
Positive (>6)	340	74.4	26	15.7	<0.01
Negative (<6)	117	25.6	140	84.3

WBCs: white blood cells; CRP: C-reactive protein.