Table 2.

Other Microbiological Isolations in WNND Patients According to Steroid Treatment

	No Steroid Group (n = 32)	Steroid Group (n = 33)	Total (n = 65)
Other microbiological isolation, No. (%)	4 (12.5)	6 (18.2)	10 (15.4)
Sample and etiology, No. (%)
Blood	3 (9.4)	3 (9.1)	6 (9.2)
Candida albicans	1 (3.1)	1 (3.0)	2 (3.1)
EBV	1 (3.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.5)
Enterococcus faecium	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)	1 (1.5)
Acinetobacter baumannii	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)	1 (1.5)
Strongyloides stercoralis	1 (3.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.5)
CSF	0 (0.0)	2 (6.1)	2 (3.1)
EBV	0 (0.0)	2 (6.1)	2 (3.1)
Urine	1 (3.1)	1 (3.0)	2 (3.1)
EBV	1 (3.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.5)
Enterococcus faecium	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)	1 (1.5)

Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; EBV, Epstein barr virus; HSV-1, herpes virus 1.