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Table 1 A laboratory and endocrinological data

From: Unexpected exacerbation of cryptococcal meningitis after unilateral adrenalectomy in a PMAH patient: a case report and literature review

Test

Result

Reference range

Cortisol

8:00

492.0

133–537 nmol/L

24:00

483.0

 < 50 nmol/L

1 mg DST

462.0

 < 50 nmol/L

UFC (first)

1895.2(2.1L)

20.26–127.55 μg/24 h

UFC (second)

2582.8(3.1 L)

 

ACTH

8:00

 < 1

5.0–78.0 (ng/L)

DHEA-S

 

0.620

0.91–6.76 (umol/L)

Cell of CSF

nuclear cells

190 × 10^6/L

0

mononuclear cells (%)

97%

morpho nuclear leukocytes (%)

2.0%

Biochemistry of CSF

Microalbumin(g/L)

2.69

0.15–0.45

Glucose (mmol/L)

1.92

2.5–4.4

Chlorine(mmol/L)

112

120–130

Fungal culture of CSF

Cryptococcus neoformans

Positive

Negative

Bacteria culture and tuberculosis culture of CSF

Negative

Negative

The autoimmune antigen of CSF

anti-NMDA antibody IgG

1:32

  1. DHEA-S Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulphate, 24 h-UFC twenty-four hours urine-free cortisol, CSF Cerebrospinal fluid, NMDA N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor