TABLE 2.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CHANGES COMPARING THE DEFINITE TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS (N = 38) WITH THE NONTUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS (N = 48) GROUP

Characteristic	Definite TBM	Non-TBM	P Value
Lymphocytes, cells × 103/ml	99 (16–242)	28 (10–82)	0.01
Neutrophils, cells × 103/ml)	67 (20–134)	9 (0–66)	0.002
Protein, g/L	1.77 (1.14–2.7)	1.0 (0.8–1.9)	0.005
CSF, lucose mmol/L	1 (1.0–1.7)	2.1 (1.5–2.7)	<0.001
Ratio of CSF to serum glucose	0.2 (0.16–0.3)	0.38 (0.2–0.5)	<0.001
Ratio of CSF lymphocytes to total cells	0.59 (0.2–0.8)	0.81 (0.2–1.0)	0.2

Definition of abbreviations: CSF = cerebrospinal fluid; TBM = tuberculous meningitis.

Values are medians with interquartile ranges in parentheses.