PMC1065068_01
Time course of the ventricular-to-lumbar gradient of cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte, glucose and protein concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid. The arrows represent days of positive cerebrospinal fluid culture.
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Figure 1 shows the time course of the following parameters: leukocyte counts, glucose and protein concentrations, measured in parallel in CSF from EVD and ELD, for 17 days (D57 to D73) corresponding to the second and third episodes of meningitis. Figure 1 shows strikingly that the leukocytes and the protein concentration were always higher and the glucose concentration was always lower in ELD than in EVD.