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Table 3 Presenting characteristics in cerebrospinal fluid of cryptococcal meningitis in ICL patients

From: Disseminated cryptococcosis with varicella-zoster virus coinfection of idiopathic CD4 + T lymphocytopenia: a case report and literature review

References

Protein (mg/dL)

Glucose (mg/dL)

Leukocyte (cells/mm3)

Predominant cell

India ink stain

Cryptococcal antigen

Culture

Sim et al. [13]

266

1.98

10

NA

Positive

1:2560

Cryptococcus neoformans

Eshwara et al. [14]

50

60

54

Lymphocyte

Positive

Negative

Cryptococcus gattii

Malone et al. [15]

48

87

45

Lymphocyte

Positive

1:512

Cryptococcus neoformans

Shribman et al. [17]

83

34.2

NA

Lymphocyte

NA

1:1280

Cryptococcus neoformans

Shribman et al. [17]

89

19.8

212

Lymphocyte

NA

Positive

Cryptococcus neoformans

Ivica et al. [18]

138

66.6

478

Neutrophils

Positive

NA

Cryptococcus neoformans

Sancesario et al. [19]

133

23

23

NA

Negaitive

NA

NA

Sharma et al. [21]

125

17

0

0

NA

1:8192

Cryptococcus neoformans

Augustine et al. [22]

107

31

125

Lymphocyte

Negative

NA

negative

Augusto et al. [23]

60

28.11

43

Lymphocyte

Positive

NA

Cryptococcus neoformans

Yilmaz-Demirdag et al. [24]

175

44

75

Neutrophils

Positive

1:1024

Cryptococcus neoformans

Jha et al. [26]

80

NA

NA

NA

Positive

Positive

NA

Salit et al. [27]

227

65.88

126

NA

NA

1:2048

Cryptococcus neoformans

Lepur et al. [39]

191.5

3.6

700

Lymphocyte

Positive

NA

Cryptococcus neoformans

Lepur et al. [29]

155.5

10.8

450

Neutrophils

NA

NA

Cryptococcus neoformans

Cheung et al. [31]

NA

NA

13

Neutrophils

Positive

1:4.56

Cryptococcus neoformans

C.L.HO et al. [32]

NA

48

0

0

NA

1:64

NA

Yinnon et al. [33]

NA

NA

87

NA

NA

1:1024

Cryptococcus neoformans

Ramirez et al. [34]

20

68

0

0

NA

1:1024

Cryptococcus neoformans

Ostrowski et al. [35]

NA

NA

98

Lymphocyte

Positive

1:8192

Cryptococcus neoformans

Duncan et al. [36]

25

54

0

0

Positive

1:8192

Cryptococcus neoformans

Duncan et al. [36]

172

48.96

68

Lymphocyte

Positive

1:16,384

Cryptococcus neoformans