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===General===
===General===
*Positive viral culture.
*Positive viral culture.
**HSV
**CMV
**Enterovirus
**HIV


===Cytology===
===Cytology===
*Pleocytosis (usu. 10-1000 cells/µl).
*Polymorphous population of lymphocytes.<ref name=Ref_APBR681/>
*Polymorphous population of lymphocytes.<ref name=Ref_APBR681/>
* Activated lymphocytes.
* Plasma cells (sometimes bi- and multinuclear).
* Occ. mitoses.
* Activated (vacuolated) monocytes.
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File:Hiv_meningeoencephalitis_csf_pleocytosis.jpg | Lymphocytic plecoytosis in HIV meningeoencephalitis
</gallery>


==Mollaret's meningitis==
==Mollaret's meningitis==
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