| Characteristics |
Meningitis cases |
| |
Confirmed
n=49 (%) |
Negative for meningitis
n=113 (%) |
Total
n=162 (%) |
| CSF appearance |
| Clear |
24 (48.9) |
57 (50.4) |
81 (50.0) |
| Xanthochromic |
6 (12.2) |
22 (19.4) |
28 (17.2) |
| Turbid/cloudy |
9 (18.3) |
3 (2.6) |
12 (7.4) |
| Blood stained |
10 (20.4) |
31 (27.4) |
41 (25.3) |
| WBC count cell/mm3 |
| <5 |
13 (26.5) |
37 (32.7) |
50 (30.8) |
| 5-10 |
16 (32.6) |
49 (43.3) |
65 (40.1) |
| 11-99 |
6 (12.2) |
24 (21.2) |
30 (18.5) |
| >=100 |
14 (28.5) |
3 (2.6) |
17 (10.4) |
| Gram staining results |
| Positive |
22 (44.8) |
6 (5.3) |
28 (17.3) |
| Negative |
27 (55.1) |
107 (94.7) |
134 (82.7) |
|
