TABLE 1.
Summary of clinical characteristics of idiopathic casesa (n = 25)
| Sample ID | Age (mo)/sex | WBC/μl (% PMN)/ protein (mg/dl) |
Pathogen detected |
Provisional/final diagnosis |
Hospital duration (days)/outcome |
Long-term outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | ||||||
| CHRF0010 | 7/M | 314 (80)/40 | Enterovirus B | Meningitis/meningitis | 6/Dis | Healthy |
| CHRF0058 | 160/F | 360 (80)/200 | M. tuberculosis | ICSOL/ICSOL | 15/LAMA | Sequelae |
| CHRF0070 | 0/M | 12,000 (95)/500 | B. cereus | Sepsis | 15/Dis | Healthy |
| CHRF0082 | 4/M | 90 (70)/600 | S. enterica | Meningitis/meningitis | 23/Dis | Healthy |
| CHRF0094 | 0/F | 1,000 (90)/220 | CHIKV | Meningitis/meningitis | 10/Dis | Healthy |
| CHRF0011 | 18/M | 100 (60)/60 | Mumps virus | Meningitis/meningitis | 9/Dis | Healthy |
| CHRF0035 | 21/F | 600 (90)/700 | Human herpesvirus 6 | Acute stroke syndrome/ acute stroke syndrome |
56/Died | Died |
| CHRF0059 | 4/F | 120 (80)/300 | S. maltophilia | Meningitis/meningitis | 28/Dis | NA |
| CHRF0071 | 1/F | 180 (80)/250 | CHIKV | Meningitis/meningitis | 6/Dis | Healthy |
| CHRF0012 | 86/F | 180 (60)/55 | CHIKV | Acute glomerulonephritis/ meningoencephalitis |
45/Died | Died |
| CHRF0036 | 156/M | 1,500 (60)/160 | Mumps virus | Meningitis/meningitis | 10/LAMA | Healthy |
| Unresolved | ||||||
| CHRF0081 | 72/M | 1,100 (40)/350 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 37/LAMA | Died |
| CHRF0093 | 13/M | 20 (80)/80 | NA | Heart disease/ dextrocardia |
11/Died | Died |
| CHRF0022 | 3/M | 460 (80)/300 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 9/LAMA | Died |
| CHRF0034 | 23/F | 70 (70)/150 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 11/Dis | Sequelae |
| CHRF0046 | 1/F | 160 (80)/70 | NA | Pneumonia/pneumonia | 4/LAMA | Healthy |
| CHRF0023 | 4/M | 74 (70)/100 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 8/Dis | Sequelae |
| CHRF0047 | 16/M | 2,600 (90)/400 | NA | ARI/meningoencephalitis | 5/Died | Died |
| CHRF0083 | 7/M | 5,600 (80)/1,000 | NA | Hydrocephalus/pneumonia | 10/Died | Died |
| CHRF0095 | 98/M | 90 (70)/60 | NA | Meningoencephalitis/ tubercular meningitis |
33/LAMA | Died |
| CHRF0024 | 96/F | 460 (60)/200 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 8/LAMA | NA |
| CHRF0048 | 2/M | 3,800 (80)/400 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 35/Dis | NA |
| CHRF0060 | 4/M | 84 (70)/150 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 11/LAMA | Died |
| CHRF0072 | 3/F | 900 (60)/300 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 44/Dis | Sequelae |
| CHRF0084 | 4/F | 70 (60)/250 | NA | Meningitis/meningitis | 51/Died | Died |
a
Number of cases is 25. Abbreviations: NA, not available; LAMA, left against medical advice; Dis, discharged; ICSOL, intracranial space-occupying lesion; M, male; F, female; ARI, acute respiratory infection.