Table 2 Age, sex, CSF analyses and outcome of patients with microorganism detected in CSF sample
CSF analyses | ||||||||||
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Sex | Age range | Antibiotics prior to sampling | PCRa | Appearance | Cell count | % Neutrophils | % Lymphocytes | Gram-stain and microscopy | Culture | Outcome |
M | < 1 month | Unknown | Enterovirus | Bloody | No cells | No organism seen | Negative | Improved | ||
F | < 1 month | No | Enterovirus | Clear | 25 | 0 | 100 | No organism seen | Negative | Unknown |
M | 1–12 months | No | Herpes simplex virus 1 | Bloody | N.Db | No organism seen | Negative | Improved | ||
M | > 20 years | Yes | Herpes simplex virus 1 | Xanthochromic | 152 | 0 | 100 | No organism seen | Negative | Died |
F | > 20 years | Yes | Herpes simplex virus 1 | Clear | No cells | No organism seen | Negative | Unknown | ||
F | > 20 years | No | Herpes simplex virus 2 | Clear | 250 | 0 | 100 | No organism seen | Negative | Unknown |
M | < 1 month | Yes | Human herpes virus 6 | Clear | 5 | 0 | 100 | No organism seen | Negative | Improved |
M | < 1 month | No | Human herpes virus 6 | Clear | 8 | 0 | 100 | No organism seen | Negative | Improved |
F | 1–12 months | No | Human herpes virus 6 | Clear | No cells | No organism seen | Negative | Improved | ||
M | 1–5 years | No | Human herpes virus 6 | Clear | No cells | No organism seen | Negative | Improved | ||
F | 6–10 years | Yes | Human herpes virus 6 | Clear | 332 | 1 | 99 | No organism seen | Negative | Improved |
M | > 20 years | No | Varicella zoster virus | Clear | No cells | No organism seen | Negative | Same condition | ||
F | > 20 years | No | Escherichia coli | Clear | 75 | 60 | 40 | No organism seen | Negative | Same condition |
M | 1–5 years | No | Haemophilus influenzae | Turbid | 40,000 | 95 | 5 | Gram negative rods | Negative | Improved |
M | 10–20 years | No | Haemophilus influenzae | Turbid | 5200 | 90 | 10 | No organism seen | Negative | Left hospital against medical advice |
M | 4 years | Yes | Neisseria meningitidis | Turbid | 4200 | 80 | 20 | No organism seen | Negative | Improved |
M | 1–12 months | No | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Turbid | 2500 | 10 | 90 | Gram positive cocci | Negative | Improved |
M | 10–20 years | No | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Turbid | 1040 | 70 | 30 | No organism seen | Negative | Unknown |
M | < 1 month | No | Negative | Turbid | 1000 | 10 | 90 | No organism seen | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Died |
F | > 20 years | No | Cryptococcusc | Turbid | 13 | 0 | 100 | Fungal elements | Negative | Died |
M | > 20 years | No | Cryptococcusc | Clear | 5 | 0 | 100 | No organism seen | Negative | Unknown |