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Table 3 The CSF routine testing and culture, blood assays and culture

From: Next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of neurobrucellosis: a case series of eight consecutive patients

Case

CSF

Blood

Pressure (mmH2O)

WBC (cells/μL)

MNL (%)

Protein (g/L)

Glucose (mmol/L)

Cytology

Culture

RBPT

SAT

Culture

1

> 330

100

90

3.33

1.63

29%, lymphocytes; scattered erythrocytes and lytic cells

Negative

Positive

Positive

Negative

2

> 330

170

90

0.8

2.4

No

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

3

75

68

90

3.2

0.91

Lymphocytes in predominance

Negative

Positive

Positive

Negative

4

50

442

90

4.7

1.52

Lymphocytes in predominance

Negative

Positive

Negative

Negative

5

> 330

300

90

1.22

3.34

Lymphocytes in predominance

Negative

Negative

Negative

Negative

6

250

200

75

2.4

2.73

Not available

Negative

Negative

Positive

Negative

7

280

320

80

3.66

2.4

Lymphocytes in predominance, 10% neutrophilic granulocyte

Negative

Positive

Positive

Negative

8

140

1

0

0.12

3.69

No abnormalities

Negative

Negative

Negative

Positive

  1. WBC white blood cell, MNL mononuclear leucocyte, RBPT Rose Bengal Plate Test, STA standard agglutination test