Table 1.

Selected results of laboratory testing at admission and of lumbar puncture, respectively

Parameter (unit)	Normal range	Patient’s result
Blood leucocytes (10^3/μl)	4.0–9.0	33.5
Blood neutrophil granulocytes (%)	50–70	90, with a left shift
Blood lymphocytes (%)	25–40	3
Blood monocytes (%)	2–14	5
Blood erythrocytes (10^6/μl)	4.0–5.5	5.1
Blood thrombocytes (10^3/μl)	150–400	292
Serum C-reactive protein (mg/l)	0.0–5.0	163.9
Serum procalcitonin (ng/ml)	0.05–0.24	0.29
Serum creatine kinase (U/l)	0–190	63
Serum lactate dehydrogenase (U/l)	0–249	423
Serum alanine transaminase (U/l)	12–78	156
Serum aspartate transaminase (U/l)	0–35	38
Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (U/l)	0–55	160
Serum total bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.0–1.0	1.84
Serum lipase (U/l)	73–393	303
Serum total protein (g/dl)	6.6–8.7	7.0
Blood glucose (mg/dl)	60–120	95
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.5–1.1	0.7
Serum sodium (mval/l)	136–145	129
Serum potassium (mval/l)	3.5–5.1	4.3
Liquor leucocytes (/μl)	0–5	1,657
Liquor neutrophil granulocytes (%)	0–4	53.1
Liquor lymphocytes (%)	48–72	3.9
Liquor monocytes (%)	15–45	41.8
Liquor protein (mg/dl)	15–35	204.5
Liquor glucose (mg/dl)	25–60	0
Liquor lactate (mmol/l)	0.6–2.2	13.2