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Case | Year | Age | Underlying Diseases | WBC Count at Onset | Fever | Headache | Vomiting | Diarrhea | Abdominal Pain | Neurological Abnormalities | CNS Disease | Treatment | Outcome | Reference |
1 | 1973 | 63 | AML | 400a | + | Coma | Brain abscess | GM, OXA, CBC | Dead | 5 | ||||
2 | 1981 | 19 | AML | <100 | + | Meningitis | GM, PCG | Dead | 6 | |||||
3 | 1988 | 67 | MDS/AML | 100a | + | + | + | Meningoencephalitis/SAH | GM, LM, PIPC | Dead | 7 | |||
4 | 1989 | 3 | ALL | 20 | + | Lethargy | Brain abscess | CP, VCM, GM, RFP | Alive | 8 | ||||
5 | 1995 | 26 | AML | 20 | + | Visual disturbance | Meningoencephalitis/SAH | CAZ | Dead | 9 | ||||
6 | 1997 | 64 | AML | 300 | + | + | + | Meningoencephalitis/SAH | PIPC, GM, CPZ, CTX, ABPC | Dead | 10 | |||
7 | 1997 | 20 | ALL | 0 | + | + | + | + | Speech disturbance, Sensory disturbance | Cerebral infarction (basal ganglia) | Dead | 11 | ||
8 | 1999 | 13 | ALL | 0 | + | + | Meningoencephalitis/hydrocephalus | Alive, Severe sequelae | 11 | |||||
9 | 1999 | 15 | ALL | 0 | + | + | Meningoencephalitis | Dead | 11 | |||||
10 | 1999 | 30 | AML | <100 | + | + | Delirium, hyperventilation | Necrotic meningoencephalitis | CAZ, AMK | Dead | 12 | |||
11 | 1999 | 43 | AML | <100 | + | + | + | + | + | Delirium, decerebrate rigidity | Meningoencephalitis | CAZ, AMK → VCM, GM & others | Dead | 12 |
12 | 1999 | 14 | ALL | <100 | + | Delirium, epilepsy, coma | Meningoencephalitis | CAZ, AMK & others | Dead | 12 | ||||
13 | 2003 | 16 | AA | 90 | + | + | Nuchal rigidity, epilepsy, consciousness disturbance | Meningoencephalitis | CAZ, IPM/CS | Dead | 13 | |||
14 | 2005 | 19 | HD | 0 | + | Confusion, epilepsy, hemiparesis | Meningoencephalitis | ABPC, AMK, CPFX, TEIC, CLDM | Alive | 14 | ||||
Our | case | 54 | AML | <100 | + | + | + | disorientation, slurred speech, and confusion | Meningoencephalitis/hydrocephalus brain abscess | MEPM, LZD, VCM | Alive |