. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;47(7):893–899. doi: 10.1086/591534

Table 3.

Odds of normalization of CSF and clinical abnormalities when serum rapid plasma reagin (RPR) titer had normalized.

Variable	OR (95% CI)	P
CSF WBC count	41.5 (19.8–86.8)	<001
CSF protein concentration	28.1 (9.8–80.4)	<001
CSF VDRL titer	57.3 (25.6–128.5)	<001
Meningitis^a	27.7 (9.6–79.7)	<001

NOTE. VDRL, venereal disease research laboratory.

Syphilitic meningitis was defined as new onset of ≥1 of: at least moderate headache, at least moderate subjective hearing loss, decreased hearing to finger friction test on neurological examination.