Table 1.

History, pathology and immunostaining data of control and meningitis cases for complement regulatory proteins and cell markers.

Gender	Age (yr)	PM interval (hours)	Cases	Immunodetection of complement regulatory proteins								Inflammatory index
				CD55		CD59		CD46		CD35		HLA-II		GFAP
				CP	Ep	CP	Ep	CP	Ep	CP	Ep	CP	Ep	Ep
M	52	48	normal	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	++ (K)	0	+
M	86	48	normal	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	+ (K)	0	+
M	23	12	bacterial meningitis	++	+	++	+	++	0	+	+	++ (K)	0	+++
F	68	48	bacterial meningitis	+	++	++	++	++	++	++	+	++ (K)	0	+++
F	55	48	bacterial meningitis	+++	na	++	na	+++	na	++	na	++ (K)	0	na

Abbreviations used: CP, choroid plexus epithelial cells; Ep, ependymal cell layer; M, male; F, female; K, Kolmer cells; 0: negative; +: very few cells positive; ++: positive; +++: strongly positive. (PM, Postmortem); na: not applicable