PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Crichlow, Renee AU - Bailey, Jessica AU - Gardner, Cameron TI - Cerebrospinal Fluid Neutrophilic Pleocytosis in Hospitalized West Nile virus Patients AID - 10.3122/jabfm.17.6.470 DP - 2004 Nov 01 TA - The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice PG - 470--472 VI - 17 IP - 6 4099 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/6/470.short 4100 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/6/470.full SO - J Am Board Fam Med2004 Nov 01; 17 AB - A description of 7 consecutive patients admitted for various forms of neurological impairment. All these patients were found to have cerebrospinal fluid positive for West Nile virus IgM, and routine bacterial cultures were negative. Six of these patients did not present with the typical lymphocytic pleocytosis often quoted when discussing a viral meningitis/encephalitis; rather most presented with a cerebrospinal fluid neutrophilia.