Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2017
A 37-year-old woman complains of headaches, nausea, vomiting, spasms. The onset of the disease occurred the day before due to her overexposure to cold. Objectively: fever up to 40°C; somnolence; rigid neck; Kernig's symptom is positive on the both sides; general hyperesthesia. Blood test: leucocytosis, increased ESR. Cerebrospinal fluid is turbid, yellow-tinted. What changes of the cerebrospinal fluid are most likely?
Answer options
- Xanthochromia in the cerebrospinal fluid
- Albuminocytological dissociation
- Lymphocytic pleocytosis
- Neutrophilic pleocytosis
- Blood in the cerebrospinal fluid
Correct answer
Neutrophilic pleocytosis
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