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Published in final edited form as: J Neurovirol. 2010 Feb;16(1):6–12. doi: 10.3109/13550280903514776

Table 3.

CSF characteristics

	All	Syph−	Syph+	NS+	P
N¹	225	160	42	23
CSF total protein (mg/dl)²	39 (31–48)	38 (31–47)	41 (34–54)	35 (30–52)	.2
CSF glucose (mg/dl)²	62 (56–66)	62 (57–67)	62 (56–66)	60 (54–66)	.56
CSF WBC (cells/µl)²	2 (1–4)	2 (1–3)	2 (1–10)	2 (1–7)	.0008
% CSF WBC > 5/µl³	51 (23%)	25 (16%)	20 (48%)	5 (28%)	<.0001

Mean (Standard deviation);

Median (Interquartile range);

N (%).

Syph+: reactive serum RPR and MHA-TP; negative CSF VDRL.

NS+: positive CSF VDRL, reactive serum RPR and MHA-TP.

Syph−: nonreactive serum RPR.