Table 2 Summary of reported cases of adult pneumococcal meningitis with normal cerebrospinal fluid cell counts
From: Adult pneumococcal meningitis presenting with normocellular cerebrospinal fluid: two case reports
Case/authors | Age/sex (years) | Underlying condition | Other site of infection | Cerebrospinal fluid examination | Antibiotics | Outcome | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cell/PMN (/μL) | Glucose (mg/dL) | Protein (mg/dL) | Gram stain | ||||||
1/Fishbein et al.[4] | 33/M | Hodgkin’s disease | None | 0/0 | 1 | 685 | GPC | CET→CP | Death |
2/Fishbein et al.[4] | 57/M | Alcoholism | Pneumonia | 1/0 | 130 | 97 | Negative | PCG | Survival |
3/Fishbein et al.[4] | 86/M | None | Pneumonia | 0/0 | 221 | 40 | GPC | PCG | Death |
4/Ris et al.[5] | 50/F | None | Pneumonia | 0/0 | 95 | 21 | Negative | CTX→PCG | Survival |
5/Zenebe [6] | 18/M | ND | None | 0/0 | 4 | 300 | GPC | None | Death |
6/Uchihara et al.[7] | 52/M | None | None | 6/2 | 71 | 26 | ND | CMX→PCG→ABPC+RFP | Survival |
7/Montassier et al.[8] | 60/F | None | None | 0/0 | 70 | 39 | Negative | CTRX | Survival |
8/Alvarez et al.[9] | 37/M | None | None | 1/ND | 52 | 47 | Negative | VCM+CFPM+MNZ→CTRX | Survival |
9/present case 1 | 34/F | Splenectomy | None | 2/1 | 56 | 40 | GPC | CTX+VCM→CTX | Survival |
10/present case 2 | 62/M | None | Pneumonia | 1/0 | 8 | 125 | GPC | None | Death |