CRP and diabetes mellitus: The effect size of diabetes for death remained after adjusting for known predictors of death (age, otitis and sinusitis, neck stiffness, score on GCS, blood thrombocyte count, CRP, CSF leukocyte count, CSF protein, L. monocytogenes, S. pneumoniae), blood glucose and treatment with adjunctive dexamethasone in a multivariable analysis (OR 1.98 [95% CI 1.13–3.48], P = 0.017).