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Table 3 CSF and blood examination

From: An approach for differentiating echovirus 30 and Japanese encephalitis virus infections in acute meningitis/encephalitis: a retrospective study of 103 cases in Vietnam

 

Median value (range), [number of patients]

p-value

E30 patients

JEV patients

n = 43

n = 60

CSF protein (mg/dL)

36.3 (14–144) [39]

44.5 (6–100) [47]

0.093

CSF sugar (mg/dL)

58.7 (27–90) [38]

46.9 (25–74) [47]

< 0.001*

CSF leucocyte (cells/μL)

80 (1–750) [41]

18 (5–350) [45]

0.003*

CSF neutrophil (cells/μL)

26 (2–381) [23]

10 (3–140) [35]

0.033*

CSF lymphocyte (cells/μL)

56 (3–676) [23]

12 (4–210) [35]

0.043*

Blood leucocyte (10E3 cells/μL)

10.4 (5.8-34) [19]

12.0 (3.0-30) [59]

0.711

Blood neutrophil (10E3 cells/μL)

8.2 (3.9-25) [18]

8.0 (1.1-26) [57]

0.368

Blood lymphocyte (10E3 cells/μL)

2.1 (1.3-9.6) [18]

3.2 (1.3-12) [57]

0.189

  1. *significant difference (p < 0.05).