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A total of 123 patients were recruited in this study, among them 80 patients being with bacterial meningitis and 43 patients with non-bacterial meningitis. Bacterial meningitis was confirmed by bacterial culture of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect  the level of DcR3 in CSF. CSF levels of DcR3 were statistically significant between patients with bacterial meningitis and those with non-bacterial meningitis (p &lt; 0.001). A total  of 48.75% of patients with bacterial meningitis received antibiotic &gt;24 h before CSF sampling, which was much higher than that of non-bacterial meningitis. CSF leucocyte count yielded  the highest diagnostic value, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) of 0.928, followed by DcR3. At a critical value of 0.201 ng\/mL for DcR3,  the sensitivity and specificity were 78.75% and 81.40% respectively. DcR3 in CSF may  be a valuable predictor for differentiating patients with bacterial meningitis from those with non-bacterial meningitis. 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