Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of Patients on Admission Expressed as Means (±SD) or Numbers (%)

Variable	BM (n = 19)	VM (n = 11)	Controls (n = 28)
Demographic data
Age	41.04 ± 7	24.09 ± 12.3	30.16 ± 11.54
Male	12 (63.16)	8 (72.7)	20 (71.4)
Clinical features
Headache	19 (100)	9 (81.82)	3 (10.71)
Temperature	18 (94.7)	11 (100)	5 (17.86)
Vomiting	6 (31.58)	5 (45.45)	2 (7.14)
Neck stiffness	15 (78.95)	9 (81.82	0 (0)
Final outcome
Died	2 (10.53)	0 (0)	0 (0)