Title: Dynamic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid cytology from 27 elderly tuberculous meningitis patients
Abstract: Objective To discuss the characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)cytology of elderly tuberculous meningitis at the acute stage or in the convalescent period of this disease.Methods All of the patients had been diagnosed as elderly tuberculous meningitis by clinical manifestations and laboratory examinations.The cerebrospinal fluid was obtained by routine way,next the acquired cells were stained by MGG.Results 3 CSF samples turned out to be normal(5.6%),and the others' results of cerebrospinal fluid cytology were abnormal.At the acute onset,immunologically competent cells were usually seen in CSF from the patients of elderly tuberculous meningitis,and the frequency of transformant lymphocyte was the highed(83.33%).During the convalescent period,the rate of phagocyte began to rise(65.38%).Mixed lymphocyte reactions predominated in the whole course of disease.Conclusion Cerebrospinal fluid cytology examination could assist the early diagnosis of elderly tuberculous meningitis,and it would do much for disease monitoring and prognosis assessment.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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