Table 3.
Comparison between microarry, culture-based testing results.
| Sample ID | Age/sex (years) | Symptom | The chemical analysis of CSFa | CSF cytology examination | The results of Blood culture testing | The results of CSF culture testing | The results of CSF microarry analysis | Diagnosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro (g/L) | Glu (mmol/L) | Cl (mmol/L) | WBC (/mm3) | L (%) | M (%) | N (%) | Bacteriai | |||||||
| Specimen 1 | 41/F | Fever | 4.48 | 2.0 | 112 | 967 | 14 | 17 | 69 | NO | Negative | Negative | Negative | suspected case |
| Specimen 2 | 0.5/M | Fever, vomit | 3.51 | 1.1 | 117 | 1,750 | 17 | 13 | 70 | NO | Negative | Negative | S.aureus | suspected case |
| Specimen 3 | 43/M | Fever | 3.63 | 3.3 | 120 | 1,760 | 8 | 22 | 70 | NO | ND | Negative | S.aureus | suspected case |
| Specimen 4 | 13/F | Fever | 2.93 | 1.3 | 120 | 2,480 | 5 | 12 | 83 | NO | Negative | S.aureus | S.aureus | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 5 | 44/F | Unconsciousness Fever | 4.95 | 1.0 | 110 | 182 | 11 | 35 | 54 | YES | E.coli | E.coli | E.coli | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 6 | 38/F | Fever | 2.46 | 1.9 | 116 | 825 | 7 | 15 | 78 | NO | Negative | Negative | S.aureus | suspected case |
| Specimen 7 | 18/M | Headache, Fever Nausea, vomit | 5.13 | 1.1 | 110 | 8,840 | 13 | 12 | 75 | NO | Negative | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae, S.aureus | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 8 | 4/F | Fever Headache,vomit | 0.57 | 1.5 | 112 | 2,250 | 8 | 8 | 84 | NO | Negative | Listeria monocytogenes | Negative | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 9 | 8/M | Fever | 2.76 | 1,4 | 117 | 896 | 9 | 12 | 79 | NO | Negative | Negative | CN-S | suspected case |
| Specimen 10 | 60/M | Unconsciousness | 0.25 | 4.0 | 125 | 7 | — | — | — | YES | ND | Citrobacter freundii | Negative | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 11 | 0.58/M | Fever | 8.82 | 1.0 | 101 | 280 | 5 | 7 | 88 | YES | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae, S.aureus | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 12 | 4/F | Fever Headache, | ND | ND | ND | 4,250 | 2 | 3 | 97 | YES | ND | ND | S.pneumoniae, S.aureus | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 13 | 1/M | Fever, vomit | 7.56 | 2.6 | 120 | 4,960 | 11 | 7 | 82 | YES | Negative | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae, E.coli, S.aureus N.meningitides, CN-S | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 14 | 39/F | Fever Headache,vomit | 4.68 | 1.1 | 88 | 915 | 12 | 11 | 77 | NO | Negative | Negative | S.aureus | suspected case |
| Specimen 15 | 51/M | Encephalorrhagia Unconsciousness | 2.09 | 3.0 | 117 | 2,280 | 11 | 14 | 75 | NO | ND | S.aureus | S.aureus | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 16 | 1/M | Fever, vomit | 1.89 | 3.1 | 117 | 11,480 | 9 | 7 | 84 | NO | Negative | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae, S.aureus | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 17 | 12/F | Postoperative Infection | 4.95 | 1.2 | 113 | 190 | 15 | 37 | 72 | NO | Negative | Negative | E.coli | suspected case |
| Specimen 18 | 9/F | Fever | 3.59 | 1.1 | 110 | 400 | 26 | 15 | 59 | YES | Negative | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 19 | 40/F | Fever,Nausea, vomit, Unconsciousness | 10.35 | 1.1 | 112 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 97 | YES | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae | S.pneumoniae | Purulent Meningitis, |
| Specimen 20 | 0.4/M | Fever,Nausea, vomit, | 1.03 | 1.1 | 113 | 687 | 7 | 20 | 72 | YES | E.coli | E.coli | E.coli | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 21 | 12/F | Fever | 4.97 | 1.6 | 115 | 834 | 12 | 18 | 86 | NO | Negative | Negative | CN-S | suspected case |
| Specimen 22 | 0.25/M | Fever, Tic, Unconsciousness | 3.61 | 1.0 | 111 | 607 | 13 | 32 | 54 | YES | Negative | H.influenza | H.influenza | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 23 | 9/M | Fever | 4.33 | 1.0 | 117 | 709 | 18 | 20 | 49 | NO | Negative | S.epidermidis | S.epidermidis | Purulent Meningitis |
| Specimen 24 | 14/M | Fever Headache,nausea | 7.04 | 1.1 | 116 | 13,280 | 4 | 3 | 93 | NO | ND | Negative | N.meningitides | Purulent Meningitis |
Notes: CSF-cerebrospinal fluid; Pro-protein contents of cerebrospinal fluid; Glu-glucose contents of cerebrospinal fluid; Cl-chloride contents of cerebrospinal fluid; WBC-white blood cells ofcerebrospinal fluid; L-lymphocyte count of cerebrospinal fluid; M-monocyte count of cerebrospinal fluid; N-neutrophils count of cerebrospinal fluid; Bacteriai -Cerebrospinal fluid cytology examination.