Table 4. Selected characteristics of the study patients with acute central nervous system infections classified by clinical diagnosis, country of Georgia.

Feature	Bacterial Meningitis (n = 75)	Viral Meningitis (n = 39)	Tuberculosis Meningitis (n = 8)	Encephalitis (n = 12)	P-value
Age (years), mean (SD)	28.8 (24.8)	13.5 (16.8)	40.4 (19.6)	21.5 (15.7)	0.004
Male	39 (52)	19 (50)	5 (62)	8 (67)	0.717
Tbilisi residence	29 (39)	17 (44)	4 (50)	3 (25)	0.633
Urban residence	52 (69)	28 (72)	4 (50)	4 (33)	0.057
Animal contact	21 (28)	14 (36)	3 (37)	6 (50)	0.450
Agriculture activity	6 (8)	2 (5)	2 (25)	4 (33)	0.017
Duration of illness (days), mean (SD)	4.8 (7.8)	2.4 (2.2)	3.6 (2.1)	8.2 (4.8)	<0.001
Another infection in the prior month	16 (21)	2 (5)	0 (0)	3 (25)	0.067
Hospitalized in the prior month	27 (36)	6 (15)	4 (50)	5 (42)	0.064
Days of hospitalization, mean (SD)	14.5 (6.2)	9.3 (4.1)	11.7 (8.5)	17.3 (12.3)	<0.001
Kernig's sign	45 (60)	14 (37)	6 (75)	2 (17)	0.005
Brudzinski's sign	31 (41)	17 (46)	4 (50)	2 (17)	0.310
Altered state of consciousness	21 (28)	3 (8)	2 (25)	4 (33)	0.090
Severe or moderate disability	10 (14)	1 (3)	1 (12)	2 (17)	0.289
Motor deficit	3 (4)	3 (8)	0 (0)	5 (45)	<0.001
Chillls	50 (70)	23 (60)	4 (50)	2 (18)	0.009
Change of personality	17 (24)	1 (3)	1 (12)	2 (18)	0.040
Sleep disturbance	42 (59)	10 (26)	4 (50)	3 (27)	0.006
Cranial nerve palsy	2 (3)	2 (5)	2 (25)	4 (36)	<0.001
Turbid CSF	43 (58)	1 (3)	1 (12)	0 (0)	<0.001
Illness resolved at hospital discharge	62 (87)	37 (95)	2 (25)	3 (25)	<0.001

Note: SD, standard deviation; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.