Table 5. Laboratory results for patients diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis, TB meningitis, and encephalitis, country of Georgia.
Laboratory result | Bacterial Meningitis | Viral Meningitis | Tuberculosis Meningitis | Encephalitis |
n = 75 | n = 39 | n = 8 | n = 12 | |
S. pneumoniae * | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. pneumoniae ** | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
N. meningitidis | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
H. influenzae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Enterovirus | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Varicella zoster virus | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Herpes simplex virus type 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Herpes simplex virus type 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mumps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*By cerebrospinal fluid culture.
**By in-house singleplex PCR analysis.