CRP and Increased total eosinophil count: These findings are in line with a recent review, which found that CSF pleocytosis combined with fever has a sensitivity of 82% and specificity of 99%, while CSF eosinophilia, lactic acid, serum anti-S. epidermidis titer, procalcitonin and CRP are nonspecific and their utility is not well established.13 Interestingly, Skar et al15 analyzed CSF cytokines in patients with shunt infections.