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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2015

An 8-year-old child was hospitalized for fever up to 39,8°C, inertness, moderate headache, vomiting. Examination revealed meningeal symptoms. Lumbar puncture was performed. The obtained fluid had raised opening pressure, it was transparent, with the cell count of 450 cells per 1 mcL (mainly lymphocytes - 90%), glucose level of 2,6 mmol/l. What causative agent might have caused the disease in the child?

Answer options

  1. Meningococcus
  2. Enterovirus
  3. Staphylococcus
  4. Pneumococcus
  5. Koch’s bacillus
Correct answer

Enterovirus

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