Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose levels may be decreased in any central nervous system infection, although levels are typically normal in viral meningitis, low in bacterial meningitis, and may be normal or low in fungal meningitis. CSF glucose levels are normally about 60% of blood glucose levels.
- Vince Aletti, The Village Voice. The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death is an exploration of a collection of eighteen miniature crime scene models that were built in the 1940's and 50's by a progressive criminologist Frances Glessner Lee (1878 â 1962).
If the death meets any of the above criteria, it must be reported to the local medical examiner or coroner for investigation and a legal determination of the cause of death. The main tool of this investigation is the autopsy. Keep Reading Below The process of examining the dead to discover how they died is the subject of many TV shows and movies, but the facts aren't always so clear-cut.