Table 1. The demographic characteristic, vitals, laboratory findings in serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and clinical outcome.

		Result	Normal Range/ Remarks
Demographics	Age	77
	Sex	Male
	Race	White
Vitals (admission)	Oxygen saturation SPO2 (%)	91	95-100 %
	Temperature	97.5	97-99 F
	Pulse	71	60-80 beats/min
	Blood pressure	139/68	120/ 80 mmHg
Serum (Admission)	White blood cell count	2.99	3.80-10.80
	Platelet	81	140-400
	Hemoglobin	15.7	13.7-17.7 g/dl
	D-dimer (day 3)	1.62	0.15-0.50 mg/L FEU
	Troponin I	0.018	0.000-0.045 ng/ml
	Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)	32	16-63 (U/L)
	Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)	54	15-37 U/L)
	Creatinine	0.89	0.60-1.30 mg/ dL
	Sodium (admission)	139	136-145 (mEq/L)
	Sodium (day 16)	156	136-145 (mEq/L)
CSF (day 17)	Appearance	Clear	Clear
	Color	Colorless	Colorless
	Glucose (mg/dl)	107	40-70 mg/dL
	Lymphocyte count	75	40-80 %
	Monocytes and macrophages	25	15-45 %
	Polymorponuclear cell count	0	<6   %
	Nucleated cell count	10	0-5  /mcL
	Erythrocyte count	12	0-10 /mcl
	Total Protein (mg/dl)	51.4	15-45mg/dl
	Immunoglobulin G	3.95	0.0-3. 4 mg/dL
	Neuron specific enolase (NSE)	33	<8.9 ng/ ml
	VDRL (venereal disease research laboratory)	Negative	Negative
	Herpes simplex virus (HSV) HSV1 HSV2	Negative	Negative
Clinical outcome	Neurological symptoms	Present Nausea, Seizures, urinary incontinence
	Other diagnosis	Sepsis, Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Acute kidney failure Acute liver failure
	Disease severity	Critically ill
	Ventilator need	Yes
	Ventilator time	17 days
	Length of stay in hospital	20
	In-hospital mortality	Expired