Influence of granulocytes on brain edema, intracranial pressure, and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of lactate and protein in experimental meningitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 456-464

  Täuber, Martin G ^a,b,c   Borschberg, Urs ^a,b   Sande, Merle A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GRANULOCYTE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MENINGITIS; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; GRANULOCYTES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LACTATES; LACTIC ACID; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPENIA; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023901488     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/157.3.456     Document Type: Article

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