sterile CSF
Explanation: This is what they are talking about:
Exámenes paraclínicos realizados: hemograma: hemoglobina 9,8 g%, glóbulos blancos 11.900 elementos/mm3, plaquetas 377.000 elementos/mm3, azoemia 0,80 g/l, creatininemia 0,39 mg/dl, ionograma: Na 141mEq/l, K 4,3 mEq/l, Ca 1,2 mmol/l, glicemia 0,69 g/l, gasometría venosa: pH 7,36, exceso de base –6, HCO3 18,2 mEq/l, funcional y enzimograma hepático: bilirrubina total 0,24 mg/dl, bilirrubina directa 0,03 mg/dl, bilirrubina indirecta 0,21 mg/dl, transaminasas glutámico oxalacéticas (TGO) 123 U/l, transaminasas glutámico pirúvica (TGP) 101U/l, gamaglutamiltranspeptidasa 28 U/l, fosfatasa alcalina 479, lactato deshidrogenasa (LDH) 601, colinesterasa 9.183; examen de orina: límpida, vogel 2, ácida, densidad 1020, sin elementos anormales, líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR): citoquímico incoloro, glucosa 0,54 g/l, proteínas 0,32, 10 elementos/mm3, a predominio mononucleares, estudio bacteriológico del LCR estéril, reacción en cadena de polimerasa en LCR para grupo herpes virus tipo 1 y 2 negativo, inmunoelectroforesis de LCR normal. Ácido láctico de LCR normal, HIV negativo, VDRL negativo, electroencefalograma (EEG): sufrimiento cerebral difuso sin actividad epileptógena focal, tomografía axial computarizada (TAC) de cráneo: normal, resonancia nuclear magnética (RNM) de cráneo: hiperintensidad en T2 a nivel de sustancia blanca subcortical, periventricular, núcleos lenticulares y pedúnculos bilateral y simétrica (figuras 5 y 6), ácidos orgánicos urinarios: aumento del ácido 3-hidroxiglutárico y ácido glutárico, carnitina plasmática: total: 32 mmol/l (valor normal 46-70); libre: 25 mmol/l (valor normal 41-58); libre %: 78 (valor normal 80%-90%).
Otogenic Meningitis
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