Case of the Week
Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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May 27, 2021
A 35-year-old man with HIV presented with a 20-year history of fever and persistent vomiting and right-sided weakness for 3 days. His CD4 count was 24 cells/mm3 and CSF examination revealed high protein (559 mg/dL), reduced glucose (21 mg/dL), normal chloride level (111 mmol/L), and many lymphomononuclear cells (60%) and neutrophils (40%) with few RBCs.
