Research Article
Retrospective Descriptive Analysis of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND) in Northwest Louisiana
Table 4
CSF analysis of patients with WNND.
| | CSF analysis | WNE (n = 12) | WNM (n = 6) | WNME (n = 5) | Total (n = 23) |
| | CSF/blood glucose ratio | ≤0.5 | 4 (33%) | 3 (50%) | 2 (40%) | 9 (39%) | | >0.5 | 8 (67%) | 3 (50%) | 3 (60%) | 14 (61%) |
| | Protein (mg/dl) | 15–45 | 2 (17%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (9%) | | >45–100 | 5 (42%) | 5 (83%) | 2 (40%) | 12 (52%) | | >100 | 5 (42%) | 1 (17%) | 3 (60%) | 9 (39%) |
| | WBC/mm3 | 0–5 | 3 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (13%) | | 6–100 | 6 (50%) | 5 (83%) | 4 (80%) | 15 (65%) | | 101–500 | 3 (25%) | 1 (17%) | 1 (20%) | 5 (22%) |
| | Lymphocyte percentage | ≤80% | 7 (58%) | 5 (83%) | 4 (80%) | 16 (70%) | | >80% | 5 (42%) | 1 (17%) | 1 (20%) | 7 (30%) |
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