Table 2 Results of patient 2’s lumbar puncture before and after a 9-day treatment course with intravenous acyclovir showed markedly decreased CSF protein and mononuclear cell absolute number
CSF findings | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tube 1 | Tube 2 | Tube 1 | Tube 2 | |
Appearance | Clear | Clear | Clear | Clear |
Color | No color | No color | No color | No color |
Glucose (mg/dl) [ref 50–75] | 59 |  | 42 |  |
Protein (mg/dl) [ref 15–45] | 71 |  | 34 |  |
Neutrophils absolute # (/mm3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mononuclear absolute # (/mm3) [ref 0 -5] | 835 | 670 | 163 | 213 |
Lymphocyte % | 95 | 95 | 94 | 87 |
VZV Qualitative NAT PCR | DNA Detected | No DNA Detected | ||
HSV 1 Qualitative NAT | No DNA Detected | Â | ||
HSV 2 Qualitative NAT | No DNA Detected | Â | ||