A 3 week old baby is brought into ED by his parents who have noted the baby is sleeping more, feeding less and has had a temperature of 38.5 degrees.
A full septic screen is done on the baby, including a LP. LP results as below:
Appearance – turbid BSL: 5mmol/l
Protein 1.8 g/l
Glucose 1.9 mmol/l
WCC 900 x 106 /L 80% Neutrophils
RBC 10 /ml
Gram Stain : No Bacteria seen
- Describe and Interpret the above LP results
- Complete the below table
| Neutrophils | Lymphocytes | Protein | Glucose (CSF:Blood) | Gram Stain | Appearance | ||
| Normal Term Neonate | |||||||
| Normal Term >1 month | |||||||
| Bacterial | |||||||
| Viral | |||||||
| TB/Fungal |