Table 1.
Baseline characteristics | Presenting clinical features | Therapeutic interventions | |||||||||
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Case | Age | Sex | Co-morbidity | Fever | Involved sites | Intubation | CSF WBC (cells/μl) | CSF protein (g/L) | PT | OT | Antidepressants |
1 | 55y | M | None | No | LUE | No | - | - | Yes | No | No |
2 | 54y | M | Hypertension Dyslipidemia | No | Bilateral UE | No | <5 | <0.45 | No | No | No |
3 | 66y | F | None | No | Bilateral UE and LE | Yes | 123 | 1.27 | Yes | Yes | No |
4 | 67y | M | None | No | RLE | No | 189 | 1.04 | Yes | No | No |
5 | 60y | F | None | No | Bilateral LE | No | 32 | 0.77 | Yes | No | Yes (citalopram) |
6 | 71y | M | Heart failure Parkinson's | Yes | Bilateral LE | No | <5 | 1.06 | Yes | Yes | No |
7 | 52y | M | None | No | RLE | No | 39 | 1.35 | Yes | No | No |
Abbreviations: y, year; M, male; F, female; L, left; R, right; UE, upper extremity; LE, lower extremity; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; WBC, white blood cell count; PT, physiotherapy; OT, occupational therapy.