Age/Sex | Animal Exposure | Recent Central Nervous System Instrumentation | Recent Trauma | Initial Cerebrospinal Fluid Profile | Outcome | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9-year-old/male | household pets | open reduction procedure for orbital fractures | head trauma from horse kick | white blood cell count, 2034/mm3; no red blood cells; glucose, 55 mg/dL; protein, 40 mg/dL | treatment success | [11] |
17-year-old/female | household pets | acoustic neuroma resection | none | white blood cell count, 20/mm3; glucose, 49 mg/dL; protein, 25 mg/dL; Gram-stain negative | treatment success | [12] |
49-year-old/male | household pets | glioblastoma resection | none | white blood cell count, 28; red blood cell count, 8; glucose, 59 mg/dL; protein, 26 mg/dL; Gram-stain negative | transitioned to palliative care due to underlying glioblastoma and died | [13] |
77-year-old/male | animal shelters | none | mechanical fall | white blood cell count, 1700; red blood cell count, 103; glucose, 95 mg/dL (serum glucose 178 mg/dL); protein, 95 mg/dL; Gram-stain negative | treatment success | our case |