Streptococcal meningitis: Effect of CSF filtration on inflammation and neuronal damage

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1063-1068

  Schmidt, Holger ^a   Stuertz, Kristin ^a   Trostdorf, Frank ^a   Chen, Victor ^a   Sadowski, Indra ^a   Brück, Wolfgang ^a   Nau, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Filtration; Immunomodulation; Meningitis; Neuronal damage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FILTRATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FILTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032725374     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050513     Document Type: Article

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