“…Jerusalem, concluded that the mean C-reactive protein in Cerebrospinal fluid was 143 +/-2.1 mg/L in gram negative bacterial meningitis as compared to a value of 4 +/-0.9 mg/L in gram positive bacterial meningitis. 8 Similarly, in this study also among PM, CSF-CRP level was higher in those caused by Gram negative organisms as compared to Gram positive organisms. A study conducted at JLN, Ajmer, Rajasthan, concluded that Cerebrospinal fluid-C-reactive protein levels in pyogenic meningitis were very high (104 +/-90.21 mg/L), but within normal range in TBM, viral meningitis and controls (< 6mg/L).…”