Pleocytosis Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
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| True of false: lymphocyte pleocytosis refers to a decreased number of lymphocytes in a CSF when compared to a normal sample. | View Page |
| Mature Peripheral Blood Cells In normal spinal fluid from an adult, 60% of cells are lymphocytes and up to 30% are monocytes.
Neutrophils abundance up to 2% is also considered within normal limits when a cytospin smear is used for the differential.
In children, normal CSF cells are 70% monocytes, up to 20% lymphocytes and up to 4% neutrophils.
When any of these normal cell abundances are increased, the term pleocytosis is used. Neutrophil pleocytosis is an increase in neutrophils and usually indicates the presence of a bacterial infection. | View Page |