Table 1.

Clinical and CSF Findings for TBM and PTPM Patients

	CSF Analysis
Case No.	Age (years)/Sex	TLC	P %	L %	Protein (mg/dl)	Sugar (mg/dl)	CSF:blood sugar ratio	Neck Stiffness	Duration of fever (weeks)	Headache
TBM
1*	16/f	30	-	100	83	27	0.32	Present	16	Present
2	8/m	90	5	95	105	30	0.31	Absent	8	Present
3	54/f	25	2	98	47	67	0.54	Absent	3	Present
4	16/f	450	18	82	535	21	0.24	Absent	12	Present
5*	26/m	120	60	38	143	43	0.66	Present	12	Present
6	58/m	14	-	100	68	37	0.44	Present	-	Absent
7	31/f	180	12	88	203	86	0.53	Absent	1	Present
8	55/f	112	10	90	231	22	0.38	Present	4	Present
9	65/m	150	1	99	131	23	0.33	Present	4	Present
10	56/m	121	12	88	217	41	0.47	Present	2	Present
11	7/f	32	35	65	68	31	0.32	Present	4	Present
12	43/f	60	-	100	97	39	0.48	Present	2	Present
PTPM
1#	38/m	220	90	10	96	26	0.20	Present	1	Present
2#	63/f	1600	61	38	401	15	0.14	Present	1	Present
3**#	23/m	61	95	5	270	33	0.20	Absent	6	Present
4+π	25/m	180	88	12	203	86	0.53	Present	1	Present
5#	48/m	450	77	32	868	32	0.21	Present	8	Present
6π	14/f	150	84	11	61	38	0.31	Absent	1	Present
7ψ	52/m	140	92	8	471	12	0.14	Absent	-	Absent
8#	56/m	430	80	20	518	17	0.22	Absent	-	Present
9++ψ	6/m	36	82	9	61	107	0.33	Absent	-	Absent
10#	62/f	40	73	27	142	25	0.25	Absent	-	Present
11#	4/m	50	90	5	71	24	0.19	Absent	-	Absent
12π	27/m	200	78	22	131	21	0.18	Absent	2	Present

%P- Polymorphs, % L- Lymphocytes.

*Pulmonary tuberculosis (on chest x-ray) **Consolidation (on chest x-ray)

^#Cranial surgery post operative. ^ψ Post Head injury, ^π Presented to CIIMS as PTPM.

⁺ gram-negative bacilli observed, ⁺⁺ gram-positive& non-capsulated cocci pairs observed.