Table 1.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokine levels over time, during symptomatic periods.

	Admission	Admission	Relapse #1	Relapse #1	Relapse #2	Completion
	Day 14: After meningitis diagnosis, altered mental status	Day 23: 9 days after starting steroids	9 months from diagnosis: Weaning steroids, had right-sided symptoms with MRI findings	9 months from diagnosis: 3 days after restarting steroids	21 months from diagnosis: 4 months after steroid wean, with left-sided symptoms correlated with MRI findings	33 months from diagnosis: 3 months after completion of slow steroid taper asymptomatic with normal MRI
IL-2R (CD25), ref < = 1,033 pg/ml	9,590	758	546	449	184	47
IL-6, ref < = 5 pg/ml	7,480	52	141	31	94	15
IL-8, ref < = 5 pg/m.	196	244	54	138	108	105

Bold values indicate elevation above normal range.