Table 4 Characteristics of children with other specific diagnosis (controls)
On admission | Controls (n = 49) |
|---|---|
Age, median years (range) | 10 (0–19) |
Sex | |
Female, n (%) | 26 (53) |
Male, n (%) | 23 (47) |
Known tick bite, n (%) | 12 (24) |
Laboratory findings | |
Pleocytosis in CSF, n (%) Ω | 15 (31) |
with ≥ 90 % mononuclear cells, n (%) | 4 (27) |
Pleocytosis in CSF, median (range) | 50 (6–1125) |
Anti-Borrelia antibodies in CSF, n (%) # | 0 (0) |
Anti-Borrelia antibodies in serum (IgG), n (%) | 4 (8) |
Diagnosis | |
Viral meningitis (enterovirus), n (%) | 7 (15) |
Viral meningitis (unspecified), n (%) | 6 (12) |
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), n (%) | 3 (6) |
Other infectious disease, n (%) | 4 (8) |
Post-infectious encephalitis, n (%) | 3 (6) |
Other immunological disease, n (%) | 2 (4) |
Other neurological disease, n (%) | 18 (37) |
Tension headache, n (%) | 3 (6) |
Head trauma, n (%) | 3 (6) |