Pathogenesis of Bacterial meningitis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-548

  Leib, S L ^a   Tauber, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INJURY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032802603     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70093-3     Document Type: Article

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