Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021
Dispatch
Bordetella hinzii Meningitis in Patient with History of Kidney Transplant, Virginia, USA
Table 1
Cerebrospinal fluid sample laboratory results in case of Bordetella hinzii meningitis in transplant patient, Virginia, USA*
Characteristic | Hospital admission | Hospital day 9 |
---|---|---|
Leukocytes | 852/mm3 | 26/mm3 |
PMNs | 86% | 3% |
Monocytes | 27% | 1% |
Lymphocytes | 5% | 96% |
Erythrocytes | <1 per mm3 | 4 per mm3 |
Protein | 149 mg/dL† | 72 mg/dL† |
Glucose | 58 mg/dL‡ | 58 mg/dL§ |
Opening pressure | ND | 39 cm H2O |
*ND, not done; PMNs, polymorphonuclear leukocytes. †No serum protein available for comparison. ‡Serum glucose 108mg/dL. §Serum glucose 89mg/dL.