Given a 7-month-old child with fever and irritability, bulging fontanel and a cerebrospinal fluid study with 110 cells/mm3 (75% lymphocytes), protein 120 mg/dl and glucose 28 mg/dl (serum glycemia 89 mg/dl), what is the most reasonable diagnostic suspicion?
The correct answer is 3. It defines a typical cerebrospinal fluid of tuberculosis. In clinical practice things might not be so simple......
Viral meningitis.
Bacterial meningitis.
Tuberculous meningitis.
Mononucleosis syndrome.
Guillain-Barre syndrome.
It defines a typical cerebrospinal fluid of tuberculosis.