Coinfection of Streptococcus suis and Nocardia asiatica in the human central nervous system: A case report

Table 1 The results of 6 cerebrospinal fluid samples from the patient after admission to our hospital

Date	Color	Opening pressure (mmH2O)	Nucleated cells (× 106/L)	Neutrophils (%)	The lymphocytes (%)	Protein (g/L)	Glucose (mmol/L)	Chloride (mmol/L)
On admission	Yellowish	270	240	51	28	1.07	1.87	114.60
Day 5	Yellowish	90	620	30	69	2.07	3.36	119.70
Day 14	Yellowish	150	142	38	20	1.09	2.70	119.80
Day 23	Clear	180	30	35	40	1.01	3.01	122.80
Day 37	Clear	210	32	6	63	0.86	2.48	124.20
Day 65	Clear	130	15	1	59	<0.4	2.79	128.50
One year later	Clear	120	0	0	0	0.13	3.5	125.50

Table 2 Etiological test results of cerebrospinal fluid

Date	Bacterial colonies	The sequence number	Bacterial species	The sequence number	Note
Day 5 of symptom onset	Streptococcus	1884	Streptococcus suis	1884	Pathogenic microorganism
Day 37 of symptom onset	Nocardia	31598	Nocardia asiatica	28621	Pathogenic microorganism
Day 37 of symptom onset	Streptococcus	130	Streptococcus suis	1130	Pathogenic microorganism
Day 65 of symptom onset	Staphylococcus	314	Staphylococcus cohnii	28	Background microorganism
One year later	Staphylococcus	180	Staphylococcus cohnii	5	Background microorganism