Table 5.
The presence of the residual neutrophils in the cerebrospinal fluid of 172 TBE patients in the convalescent period after 10–16 days of hospital treatment associates with the clinical presentation
| TBE total n = 172 |
TBE presentation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M n = 86 |
ME n = 78 |
MEM n = 8 |
ME + MEM n = 86 |
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| Neutrophils absent (patient number and percentage) |
99 58% |
58a, b 68% |
37a 47% |
4 50% |
41b 48% |
| Neutrophils present (patient number and percentage) |
73 42% |
28a, b 32% |
41a 53% |
4 50% |
45b 52% |
Shown are the numbers and the percentages of patients with and without cerebrospinal fluid neutrophils
M meningitis, ME meningoencephalitis, MEM meningoencephalomyelitis
aSignificant difference between M and ME groups (p < 0.01) in a chi-square test
bSignificant difference between M and combined ME/MEM group (p < 0.01) in a chi-square test