Table 2 Cerebrospinal fluid laboratory findings
Characteristics | Pleocytosis (≥5 cells/μl) | Protein (>500 mg/l) | Blood-CSF-barrier dysfunction | Intrathecal synthesis | CSF oligoclonal bands | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IgG | IgM | IgA | |||||
All patients | 8/18 | 6/18 | 8/18 | 6/18 | 2/18 | 2/18 | 14/18 |
Peripheral neuropathy | 3/8 | 4/8 | 6/8 | 1/8 | 1/8 | 0/8 | 3/8 |
Encephalitis | 5/10 | 2/10 | 2/10 | 5/10 | 1/10 | 2/10 | 10/10 |
Rhombencephalitis | 4/7 | 1/7 | 1/7 | 3/7 | 1/10 | 1/7 | 7/7 |
Limbic encephalitis | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 3/3 |
p value | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.01 |