Clinical characteristics of enteroviral meningitis without pleocytosis in children: a retrospective single center observational study in the Republic of Korea

Table 1 Characteristics of patients diagnosed with enteroviral meningitis

	Patients diagnosed with enteroviral meningitis (N = 305)
Clinical characteristics
Age, months^a	47.0 (1.0–78.0)
Male, n (%)	189 (62.0%)
Fever, n (%)	295 (96.7%)
Headache, n (%)	158 (51.8%)
Vomiting, n (%)	134 (43.9%)
Seizure, n (%)	5 (1.6%)
Meningeal irritation, n (%)
Negative	197 (64.6%)
Equivocal	18 (5.9%)
Positive	90 (29.5%)
Laboratory characteristics
Peripheral WBC (/mm3)^a	9500 (6900 - 11,950)
ANC (/mm3)^a	5589 (3375.8 – 88,804.0)
CRP (mg/dl)^a	0.7 (0.3–1.2)
CSF WBC (/mm3)^a	5 (2–40)
CSF ANC (/mm3)^a	0.0 (0.0–11.4)
CSF RBC (/mm3)^a	2 (0.0–15.8)
CSF protein (mg/dl)^a	37.0 (26.0–53.9)
CSF/Serum glucose ratio^a	0.6 (0.5–0.6)

WBC white blood cell, ANC absolute neutrophil Count, CRP c-reactive protein, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, RBC red blood cell
^a median (Interquartile range)

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