Bacterial meningitis with "normal" cerebrospinal fluid in adults: a report on five cases.
Five adult patients with bacterial meningitis and normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings are described. All were patients in whom the lumbar puncture was performed very early in the course of the disease, or who had a low white blood cell count in peripheral blood. In such cases the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis may be overlooked.
Domingo
P
P
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
Mancebo
J
J
Blanch
L
L
Coll
P
P
Net
A
A
Nolla
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008581:Meningitis / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged