lumbar puncture CSF analysis
- related: Neurology
- literature
- CSF analysis with over 5 WBC is infectious
- CSF analysis with lactate over 4 is sign of infection
- eosinophils in CSF is sign of parasitic infection
- bacterial meningitis has decreased glucose, normal protein, neutrophilia in CSF
- viral and fungal meningitis has increased glucose, decreased protein, and lymphophilia in CSF
- meningitis abx coverage
- when to add ampicillin
- avoid chlorhexidine for lumbar puncture