Granulocytes in the subarachnoid space of humans and rabbits with bacterial meningitis undergo apoptosis and are eliminated by macrophages

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 472-480

  Nau, Roland ^a   Zettl, Uwe ^a   Gerber, Joachim ^a   Trostdorf, Frank ^a   Michel, Uwe ^a   Böttcher, Tobias ^a   Schmidt, Holger ^a   Adler, Silke ^a   Brück, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell death; Central nervous system; Inflammation; Leukocytes; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CADAVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBITS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0031695330     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050921     Document Type: Article

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