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Demographic and clinical data of 37 patients with aseptic meningitis |
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| Parameter |
Aseptic meningitis patients (n = 37) |
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| Demographic characteristics |
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| Sex (male/female) |
22/15 |
| Age (years; mean ± SD) |
38 ± 18 |
| Duration of symptoms (hours; n [%]) |
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| < 24 hours |
2 |
| 24–72 hours |
11 |
| > 72 hours |
24 |
| Clinical characteristics |
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| APACHE II score (mean ± SD) |
3 ± 3 |
| SOFA score (mean ± SD) |
0.2 ± 0.6 |
| Outcome (death at day 28) |
0 |
| Aetiology |
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| Tick-borne encephalitis virus |
10 |
| Borrelia burgdorferi |
6 |
| Enteroviruses |
4 |
| Herpetic viruses (HSV-1/CMV/VZV) |
3/1/2 |
| Unknown |
11 |
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APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CMV, cytomegalovirus; HSV, herpes simplex virus; SD, standard deviation; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; VZV, varicella zoster virus. | |
Holub et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R41 doi:10.1186/cc5729 |
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