Case Report Form

Acute Meningitis - Encephalitis

I. INFORMATIONABOUTTHEDISEASE REPORTING UNIT(DRU)
III. CLINICAL DATA (Put a check [✓] in the appropriate box) IV. DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION/REPORTING
V. ILLNESS/VACCINATION HISTORY
Date Last Dose No. of Doses Date Last Dose No. of Doses
III. Case Management
VI. Laboratory Data
Sample Collected Date/Time Collected Date/Time Received at the hospital laboratory (to be filled by Sentinel hospital laboratory) CSF Appearance (To be filled by Sentinel hospital) Microbiology Result (To be filled by Sentinel hospital) CSF Cytology (To be filled by Sentinel hospital) Date sent to RITM Date Received and Volume of sample (To be filled by RITM) Date of testing and RITM Result (To be filled by RITM)
CSF
Test Result Units
WBC
Protein
Glucose
SERUM
1
(Acute)
1
(Convale-scent)
VII. CASE CLASSIFICATION  (*Case Classification will be filled out by Epidemiology and Surveillance Units) 
VIII. OUTCOME
CASE DEFINITION of Acute Meningitis-Encephalitis Surveillance
Suspected
Confirmed BM:
Probable BM:
  • Turbid appearance;
  • leukocytosis (> 100 cells/mm3);
  • leukocytosis (10-100 cells/mm3) AND either an elevated protein (>100mg/dl) or decreased glucose (<40mg/dl)
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome - other agent
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome - unknown