title: Eosinophilic meningitis - an immunophenotyping recording of a very rare clinical entity - brief Report.
abstract: A very rare clinical entity, so-called eosinophilic meningitis, classified by prevalence of eosinophils in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), with the presence of pleiocytosis, has been recorded in our laboratory four times only in the last 24 years. A low glucose level, elevation of total protein and lactic acid in CSF were detected in all the clinical cases. The last two cases were made possible by using flow cytometry method; surprisingly, the presence was found in mature T-cells in CSF, predominantly helpers (CD3+, CD4+) and, practically, none is B-cells (CD19+), plasma cells (CD138+) and NK-cells.
authors: Laboratory for CSF and Neuroimmunology, Central Military Hospital Complex, Prague, Czech Republic. likvor@email.cz
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Adam
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Sobek
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hybel'ová
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Dolezil
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Kasík
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Hajduková
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Adam
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Svatonová
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000276:immunology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005947:Glucose / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D019344:Lactic Acid; D005947:Glucose