Table 2.
(1–3)-β-d-Glucan Results for Patients With or Without Fungal Meningitis
| Sample Source | No. Tested | BDG Concentration, No. of Samples |
Median BDG, pg/mL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <138 pg/mL | 138–230 pg/mL | >230 pg/mL | |||
| Meningitis case patients | 108 | 35 | 3 | 70 | >500 |
| Proven cases | 41 | 0 | 1 | 40 | >500 |
| PCR positive | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 | >500 |
| Culture positivea | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | >500 |
| Probable cases | 67 | 35 | 2 | 30 | 112 |
| Non–case patients | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | <32 |
| Bacterial meningitis | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | <32 |
| Other syndromes | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | <32 |
Abbreviations: BDG, (1–3)-β-d-glucan; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
a Ten of those also had positive PCR results.