Levels of antimicrobial molecules defensin and lactoferrin are elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid of children with meningitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 987-992

  Maffei, Frank A ^a   Heine, R Phillip ^b   Whalen, Michael J ^c   Mortimer, Leo F ^d   Carcillo, Joseph A ^c  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Pediatric Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensins; Human neutrophil peptides; Lactoferrin; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; LACTOFERRIN;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFENSINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0033036213     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.5.987     Document Type: Article

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