Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid White Blood Cell Count Criteria for Use of the BioFire® FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel in Immunocompromised and Non-immunocompromised Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 115605
Author(s):  
Randy McCreery ◽  
Lindsey Nielsen ◽  
Dillon Clarey ◽  
Caitlin Murphy ◽  
Trevor C. Van Schooneveld
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Immunocompromised Patients ◽  
Blood Cell Count

scholarly journals Leptospirosis meningitis transmission from a pet mouse: a case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Christine Nordholm ◽  
Lars Haukali Omland ◽  
Steen Villumsen ◽  
Imad Al-Subeihe ◽  
Terese L. Katzenstein
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Healthy Woman ◽  
Blood Cell Count ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Pet Rodents

Abstract Background Leptospirosis is a reemerging zoonosis with a worldwide distribution and a wide range of clinical manifestations. We report a case of leptospirosis meningitis in a previously healthy woman infected by her pet mouse. Case presentation A 27-year-old Caucasian woman with pet mice presented to our institute with a 1 week history of fever, headache, myalgia, vomiting, diarrhea, and dark urine. Her admission examination revealed neck stiffness, conjunctivitis, and icteric sclera. Her liver enzymes, bilirubin, white blood cell count, and C-reactive protein were elevated. Her cerebrospinal fluid showed an elevated white blood cell count. Polymerase chain reactions using her cerebrospinal fluid, blood, and urine showed negative results for leptospirosis, but the result of her microagglutination test was positive for Leptospira interrogans serovar sejroe with a more than threefold increase in paired sera. The patient was treated with ceftriaxone for 1 week, and her condition steadily improved. Conclusions This case report raises awareness of pet rodents as sources of leptospirosis. Leptospirosis meningitis should be considered in patients with meningeal symptoms and pet rodents.

scholarly journals Defining Cerebrospinal Fluid White Blood Cell Count Reference Values in Neonates and Young Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Kestenbaum ◽  
J. Ebberson ◽  
J. J. Zorc ◽  
R. L. Hodinka ◽  
S. S. Shah
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Blood Cell Count ◽  
Young Infants ◽  
Count Reference

Reactive increase of cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell count after lumbar puncture: Fact or fiction?

2020 ◽  
Vol 414 ◽  
pp. 116876
Author(s):  
Bernhard Neumann ◽  
Tim Steinberg ◽  
De-Hyung Lee ◽  
Johanna Kress ◽  
Marco Kufner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Blood Cell ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Lumbar Puncture ◽  
White Blood Cell Count ◽  
White Blood Cell ◽  
Blood Cell Count
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