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Can meningitis from Listeria be associated with a CSF lymphocytosis?

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Can meningitis from Listeria be associated with a CSF lymphocytosis?

Diagnostic:
Tuberculous meningitis [very high proteins, very low glucose]

Viral meningitis [proteins normal or slightly raised, glucose normal]

Fungal meningitis

Meningovascular syphilis

Cerebral abscess

Cerebral toxoplasmosis

Rarely: leptospirosis, Q fever, listeriosis [+ brainstem signs, eg. dysarthria]
 

Sarcoidosis [proteins normal or slightly raised; glucose normal]

CNS lymphoma or leukaemia

Behçet's disease

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