RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cerebrospinal Fluid Neutrophilic Pleocytosis in Hospitalized West Nile virus Patients
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 470
OP 472
DO 10.3122/jabfm.17.6.470
VO 17
IS 6
A1 Renee Crichlow
A1 Jessica Bailey
A1 Cameron Gardner
YR 2004
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/17/6/470.abstract
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.