Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients and controls

	Viral meningitis		Bacterial meningitis		Control
Number of patients	18		14		27
Age (year)	37.6 ± 14.9		64.1 ± 21.5		44.4 ± 20.5
Sex (male/female)	6/12		5/9		15/12
	Acute phase	Recovery phase	Acute phase	Recovery phase	–
Time of CSF sampling (days from onset)	3.4 ± 2.2	12.4 ± 4.8	2.5 ± 2.7	13.9 ± 7.9	–
CSF total protein (mg/dl)	85.3 ± 36.6	46.6 ± 21.4	298.5 ± 266.5	78.6 ± 55.8	30.8 ± 12.4
CSF cell count (μl)	185.9 ± 161.9	78.0 ± 90.0	1017.0 ± 1592.0	37.6 ± 45.0	2.4 ± 2.7
CSF LOTUS level (ng/ml)	133.5 ± 44.2	193.2 ± 83.5	114.2 ± 46.6	187.5 ± 92.1	192.1 ± 47.1