TABLE 2.

Patients' admission diagnosis, underlying infectious diseases, etiological agents of infection, and CSF chemical status^a

Patient no.	Underlying CNS disease	Time from event (days)	Etiological agent(s)	Antibiotic cotreatment	HAD(s)	Protein concn in CSF (mg/liter)	WBC count in CSF (no. of cells/μl)	Glucose concn in CSF (mg/dl)
1	Extradural hematoma	12	P. aeruginosa, MS S. aureus		Dopamine, mannitol	150	1	93
2	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	11	Enterobacter spp. MS S. aureus		Dopamine, mannitol	270	1	63
3	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	9	H. influenzae	Vancomycin	Dopamine, mannitol	220	3	110
4	Intracerebral hemorrhage	10	Klebsiella oxytoca		Dopamine, mannitol	201	3	77
5	Intracerebral hemorrhage	11	E. coli		Dopamine, mannitol	141	86	93
6	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	9	Proteus mirabilis		Dopamine, mannitol	383	0	103
7	Intracerebral hemorrhage	10			Furosemide, mannitol	413	3	114
8	Subdural hemorrhage	9	MS S. aureus	Oxacillin	Mannitol	220	1	181
9	Frontal meningioma	8	P. aeruginosa	Piperacillin- tazobactam	Furosemide	63	109	75
10	Thalamic hemorrhage	10	MS S. aureus	Teicoplanin	Mannitol	188	218	79
Total		9.9 ± 1.2b				224.9 ± 107.1b	3 (0-218)c	98.80 ± 33.19b

^aAll patients had ventilator-associated pneumonia. Abbreviations: HAD(s), hemodynamically active drug(s); MS, methicillin sensitive.

^bData are expressed as means ± SDs.

^cData are expressed as medians (ranges).