Typical Findings In Cerebrospinal Fluid By Type Of Infection

What's on this Page

Typical Findings in Cerebrospinal Fluid by Type of Infection

Opening Pressure	WBC	Protein	Glucose
Bacterial	Elevated	>1000/mm ³ PMN predominance	>120 mg/dL	<30 mg/dL
Viral	Normal	<100/mm ³ Lymphocytic predominance	Normal-elevated	Normal
Fungal	Normal-slightly elevated	20-500/mm ³ Lymphocytic predominance	Elevated	Decreased
Tuberculosis	Elevated	10-500/mm ³ Lymphocytic predominance	100-500 mg/dL	35-40 mg/dL
Syphilis	Increased	Mononuclear predominance	Elevated	Normal
Lyme disease	Normal	Lymphocytic predominance	Increased	Normal

Roos KL (ed): Principles of neurologic infectious diseases: principles and practice . New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.