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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

  1. Xanthochromia in the cerebrospinal fluid
  2. Albuminocytological dissociation
  3. Lymphocytic pleocytosis
  4. Neutrophilic pleocytosis
  5. Blood in the cerebrospinal fluid
Correct answer

Neutrophilic pleocytosis

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