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Table 3 Laboratory differences between patients with pleocytosis and patients without pleocytosis

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

 

With pleocytosis

(n = 136)

Without pleocytosis

(n = 169)

P

Peripheral WBC (/mm3) a

10,300 (8200 - 13,000)

8600 (6000 - 10,700)

0.00

ANC (/mm3) a

7600 (4447.5 - 10,252.5)

4674 (2988.5 - 7596.3)

0.00

CRP (mg/dl) a

0.6 (0.3–1.2)

0.7 (0.3–1.3)

0.65

CSF WBC (/mm3) a

43 (19–110)

2 (1–4)

0.00

CSF RBC (/mm3) a

2 (0–11)

1 (−  36)

0.30

CSF protein (mg/dl) a

35 (24.9–46.2)

40.6 (26.7–61.1)

0.06

CSF/Serum glucose ratioa

0.6 (0.5–0.7)

0.6 (0.5–0.6)

0.01

  1. WBC white blood cell, ANC absolute neutrophil Count, CRP c-reactive protein, CSF cerebrospinal fluid
  2. amedian (Interquartile range)
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