Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Associated with Central Nervous System Involvement in an Adult

Table 1

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) results.

Spinal fluid	Value	Reference range
Appearance	Cloudy and colourless
Glucose	5.2 mmol/L	2.2–3.9 mmol/L
Protein	669 mg/L	200–400 mg/L
Nucleated cells	700 × 10^6/L	0 × 10^6/L–5 × 10^6/L
Lymphocytes	89%	—
Neutrophils	1%	—
Monocytes	9%	—
Nonhemopoietin %	1%	—
Serology/microbiology/virology	Result
Varicella zoster virus PCR	Positive
Herpes simplex virus PCR	Negative
Enterovirus PCR	Negative
Arbovirus IgM	Nonreactive
Bacterial culture	Negative

PCR: polymerase chain reaction.