female dairy farmer develops a severe headache and neck stiffness. On physical examination, her temperature is 38.2°C. She has no papilledema. A lumbar puncture is performed, and a Gram stain of the CSF obtained shows many short, gram-positive rods. Photo includes CSF stain with short gram-positive rods. Why was the CSF obtained? What are the dangers with collecting this type of specimen? What tests would you run?

female dairy farmer develops a severe headache and neck stiffness. On physical examination, her temperature is 38.2°C. She has no papilledema. A lumbar puncture is performed, and a Gram stain of the CSF obtained shows many short, gram-positive rods. Photo includes CSF stain with short gram-positive rods. Why was the CSF obtained? What are the dangers with collecting this type of specimen? What tests would you run?

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