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Cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white blood cell count. CSF analyses were conducted every 1 to 3 months. Normal limit: <5 cells/cm2 (red line).
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Despite 42 years of therapy, longitudinal CSF studies reveal persistent lymphocytic pleocytosis (Figure 1), elevated protein (Figure 2), normalizing glucose (Figure 3), and persistent complement fixation titers (Figure 4).
Cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein. CSF analyses were conducted every 1 to 3 months. Normal values: 15 (red) to 45 (green) mg/dL.
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Despite 42 years of therapy, longitudinal CSF studies reveal persistent lymphocytic pleocytosis (Figure 1), elevated protein (Figure 2), normalizing glucose (Figure 3), and persistent complement fixation titers (Figure 4).
Cisternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose. CSF analyses were conducted every 1 to 3 months. Normal values: 40 (red) to 75 (green) mg/dL.
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Despite 42 years of therapy, longitudinal CSF studies reveal persistent lymphocytic pleocytosis (Figure 1), elevated protein (Figure 2), normalizing glucose (Figure 3), and persistent complement fixation titers (Figure 4).
Serological complement fixation titers. Cerebrospinal fluid analyses were conducted every 1 to 3 months.
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Despite 42 years of therapy, longitudinal CSF studies reveal persistent lymphocytic pleocytosis (Figure 1), elevated protein (Figure 2), normalizing glucose (Figure 3), and persistent complement fixation titers (Figure 4).
Serum fluconazole level. Cerebrospinal fluid analyses were conducted every 1 to 3 months. Currently, there is no universally accepted therapeutic serum level. At Kern Medical, the Division of Infectious Diseases accepts serum fluconazole levels of 30 (red) to 80 (green) microg/mL.
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Serum fluconazole levels have been routinely collected (Figure 5).