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A 19-year-old man comes to the emergency department with a severe headache, vomiting, and fever. The patient is a military recruit who is three weeks into bootcamp. His friend states that he appeared normal 12 hours ago. Temperature is 39.5 °C (103.1 °F), pulse is 120/min, respirations are 19/min, and blood pressure is 110/75 mmHg. The patient is markedly disoriented and unable to answer questions. Physical examination shows positive Kernig and Brudzinski signs. Serum glucose concentration is 90 mg/dL. A lumbar puncture is performed, and the cerebrospinal fluid gram stain is shown below:  
A microscopy image shows numerous red blood cells & smaller, scattered cocci bacteria. Many large cells w/ multiple nuclei are visible amidst the bacteria.
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Cerebrospinal fluid analysis is most likely to reveal which of the following sets of findings?  

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