Table 2.
Cerebrospinal fluid profile of HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis.
| Characteristics | HIV-Positive n = 923 |
HIV-Negative n = 96 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median open pressure, mmH2O (range) | 27.0 (10–75) | 25.0 (6–60) | 0.54 |
| Median CSF white blood cell counts, cells/mm3 (range) | 4.0 (0–2050) | 94.0 (0–650) | <0.01 |
| Median CSF glucose, mg/dL (range) | 38.8 (0–169) | 21.0 (1–122) | <0.01 |
| Mean CSF/blood glucose ratio ± SD | 0.33 ± 0.17 | 0.24 ± 0.19 | <0.01 |
| Median CSF protein, mg/dL (range) | 69.0 (1.4–2240) | 157.0 (30–787) | <0.01 |
| Positive CSF India ink, n (%) | 609 (66.1) | 48 (50.5) | 0.03 |
| Positive CSF cryptococcal antigen, n (%) | 857 (97.7) | 89 (97.8) | 0.90 |
| Positive CSF culture for Cryptococcus spp., n (%) | 654 (71.0) | 58 (60.4) | 0.34 |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.