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Table 1 Cerebrospinal fluid and blood results

From: A blind passenger: a rare case of documented seroconversion in an Angiostrongylus cantonensis induced eosinophilic meningitis in a traveler visiting friends and relatives

Test (Unit)

Result

Reference Rangea

Cerebrospinal fluid

 • Appearance

Cloudy

Clear

 • Xanthochromia

Negative

Negative

 • Erythrocytes (× 1012/L)

0

0

 • Cell count (× 109/L)

1067

0–3

 • Lymphocytes (%)

56

 

 • Monocytes (%)

19

 

 • Eosinophils (%)

25

‡

 • Total protein (g/L)

0.54

0.15–0.45

 • Albumin (g/L)

0.299

0.06–0.24

 • Glucose (mmol/L)

2.6

2.2–3.9

 • Lactate (mmol/L)

1.8

1.2–3.9

Complete Blood Count

 • Leukocytes (×109/L)

6.5

2.6–7.8

  o Neutrophils (× 109/L)

6.21

0.9–4.5

  o Banded neutrophils (×109/L)

0.04

0.0–0.2

  o Eosinophils (×109/L)

0.01

0.0–0.4

  o Basophils (×109/L)

0.01

0.0–0.05

  o Monocytes (×109/L)

0.05

0.0–1.0

  o Lymphocytes (×109/L)

0.79

1.0–3.0

 • Erythrocytes (×1012/L)

4.16

3.7–5.0

 • Hemoglobin (g/L)

117

115–148

 • Hematocrit

0.35

0.34–0.43

 • Platelet (×109/L)

193

130–330

 • C reactive protein (mg/L)

<  5

<  5

  1. Abnormal results are shown in bold
  2. aReference ranges according to the hospital laboratory
  3. ‡Eosinophilic meningitis is defined as 10 or more eosinophils/μL or eosinophilia of at least 10% of the total CSF leukocyte count [8]