Table 1 Comparison of the two groups

Age

47

40

0.387

Sex

0.361

 Male

9

6

 Female

2

4

Presentation

 Headache

9

6

0.36

 Fever

10

9

1.00

 Decreased consciousness

4

2

0.63

 Cranial nerve involvement

2

3

0.47

 meningeal irritatation sign

4

2

0.63

Imaging finding

 Parenchymal involvement

10

7

0.31

 Meningeal involvement

2

4

0.36

 Hydrocephalus

3

1

0.59

 Duration from onset of symptoms to lumbar puncture

23.50 (8.75,49.50)

16.00(10.75,33.00)

0.37

Cerebrospinal fluid Findings

 Leucocyte count

198.80 ± 110.55

266.00 ± 102.32

0.32

 Protein level

1.51 ± 0.23

2.14 ± 0.54

0.31

 Glucose level

2.07 ± 0.44

2.32 ± 0.16

0.60

 Chloride level

116.80(108.80,121.93)

113.00(111.02,116.03)

0.42

 Lymphocyte ratio

63%±29%

89%±7%

0.02

 Neutrophil ration

37%±33%

10%±6%

0.03