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- noun A condition where an unusually high quantity of white
blood cells (normallylymphocytes ) are present in thecerebrospinal fluid
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Examples
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Typical features of HSV-2 meningitis are headache, fever, stiff neck, and lymphocytic pleocytosis in the CSF.
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CSF mononuclear pleocytosis is usually present in both vasculopathies.
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The CSF might show neutrophilic or mononuclear pleocytosis, or an elevated protein and depressed glucose content, and MRI can reveal enhancement in the ventricular ependyma.
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In a comprehensive clinical, radiological and virological analysis of four patients with EBV myeloradiculitis, encephalomyeloradiculitis and meningoencephalomyeloradiculitis, [57] the CSF contained a mononuclear pleocytosis with elevated protein and normal glucose; in two patients, MRI scans revealed an increased signal in the spinal cord and lumbosacral roots, but no brain swelling or focal changes.
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Patients typically have a mononuclear pleocytosis, with a mean of
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The opening pressure is often elevated, and a CSF pleocytosis is observed in over 90% of patients, although its initial absence does not rule out HSV-1 encephalitis.
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The virus cannot be cultured routinely from CSF, though lymphocytic pleocytosis and elevations in protein concentrations are observed.
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The virus cannot be cultured routinely from CSF, though lymphocytic pleocytosis and elevations in protein concentrations are observed.
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The virus cannot be cultured routinely from CSF, though lymphocytic pleocytosis and elevations in protein concentrations are observed.
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CSF pleocytosis is usually present, often with a predominance of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
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