Volume 23, Number 10—October 2017
Research Letter
Angiostrongylus cantonensis Eosinophilic Meningitis in an Infant, Tennessee, USA
Tim Flerlage, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, John Noh, John P. Devincenzo, Arshia Madni, Bindiya Bagga, and Nicholas D. Hysmith
Table
Results of cerebrospinal fluid testing for 12-month-old boy with meningoencephalitis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 2016*
| Test | Reference range | Day of illness |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 28 | 41 | 56 | ||
| Leukocytes, cells/mm3 | 0–8 | 547 | 55 | 2,979 | 115 |
| Polymorphonuclear cells, % | 0–1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| Lymphocytes, % | 0–5 | 44 | 80 | 65 | 64 |
| Monocytes, % | 0–5 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| Eosinophils, % |
NA |
36 |
10 |
5 |
11 |
| Erythrocytes | <0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
| Glucose, mg/dL | 40–70 | 37 | 25 | 22 | 27 |
| Protein, mg/dL |
15–45 |
67 |
74 |
164 |
104 |
| Gram stain |
NA |
Few leukocytes; 0 organisms |
Rare leukocytes; rare erythrocytes; 0 organisms |
Moderate leukocytes; rare erythrocytes; 0 organisms |
Rare leukocytes; 0 organisms |
| Bacterial culture | NA | Sterile | Sterile | Sterile | Sterile |
*NA, not applicable.
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