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CSF is formed by ultrafiltration through this tuft of capillaries in the pia matter located on the third and fourth ventricles.
What is choroid plexus?
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Indicates bacterial meningits
What is high WBC count in CSF
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Cell present in CSF in greater numbers in infants than in older children and adults
What is monocytes
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Panencephilitis, malignancy, and neurosyphilis all cause this to go up in CSF
What is IgG
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An increased volume of serous fluid
What is effusion
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This age group has higher normal values of mononuclear cells than any other group.
What are infants?
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Formula for correcting CSF WBC count
What is WBC in CSF- [(blood WBC *CSF RBCs)/Blood RBCs]
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CSF test result goes up in MS patient
What is IgG index
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The most frequent cause of bacterial meningitis
What is Group B Streptococcus
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LD fluid/serum ratio=.25
What is transudative fluid
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When collecting CSF, a difference between opening and closing fluid preasure greater than 100 mm H2O indicates
What is low CSF volume
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CSF glucose levels fall; Lactate levels rise; increased production of immune globulins
What is acute bacterial meningitis
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The presence of oligoclonal bands by electrophoresis
What is multiple sclerosis
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Mesothelial cells, PMNs, lymphocytes, and macrophages can all be seen in this type of of fluid
What is Normal fluids
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Xanthrochromia indicates
What is subarachnoid hemorrhage?
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meningitis with normal CSF glucose and protein
What is viral meningitis
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Stain used in CSF samples for WBC diff
What is Wright stain
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Following a head injury this protein will identify the precence of CSF leakage through the nose
What is Transferin
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The term used to denote a high WBC count in the CSF
What is pleocytosis
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Pleocytosis of mixed cellularity
What is fungal meningitis
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wet prep on a warm slide
What is ameobic meningoencephilitis
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All CSF specimens should be cultured using these three agars or broths
What is Sheep blood agar, chocolate agar, and supplemented broth
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