A hazy spinal fluid has 400 white cells per mm3 that are mostly lymphocytes and reactive lymphocytes. Which of the following is most likely?
a. Bacterial meningitis
b. Viral meningitis
c. Infectious mononucleosis
d. Multiple myeloma
ANS: B
Meningitis can be either bacterial or viral. When it is viral, lymphocytes respond and some of them will be reactive. In bacterial meningitis, neutrophils would predominate.
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