Table 2 Microorganism culture results for the patient during the admission course
From: Differential diagnosis of atypical encephalopathy in critical care: a case report
| Â | Â | Day-1 | Day-9 | Day-14 | Day-18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood | Bacterial culture | Streptococcusa | (−) | (−) | (−) |
Fungal culture | (−) | (−) | (−) | (−) | |
Serum | Cryptococcus antigen |  | (−) |  |  |
Aspergillus antigen |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
Sputum | Bacterial culture | (−) | (−) | (−) | (−) |
Fungal culture | (−) |  | (−) |  | |
MTB culture | (−) |  |  |  | |
MTB-PCR |  | (−) |  |  | |
Bronchoalveolar lavage | Bacterial culture | Â | Streptococcusa | Â | Â |
Fungal culture | Â | Aspergillus | Â | Â | |
Cryptococcus antigen |  | (−) |  |  | |
Aspergillus antigen | Â | Positive | Â | Â | |
MTB culture |  | (−) |  |  | |
MTB-PCR |  | (−) |  |  | |
PJP-PCR |  | (−) |  |  | |
Cerebrospinal fluid | Bacterial culture |  | (−) |  | (−) |
Fungal culture |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
Cryptococcus antigen |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
Aspergillus antigen |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
MTB culture |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
MTB-PCR |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
HSV1 (IgG/IgM) |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
HSV2 (IgG/IgM) |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
VZV IgG |  | (−) |  | (−) | |
Surgical lung specimens | Fungus culture | Â | Â | Aspergillus | Â |
MTB culture |  |  | (−) |  | |
MTB-PCR |  |  | (−) |  |