Failure to detect muramic acid in normal rat tissues but detection in cerebrospinal fluids from patients with pneumococcal meningitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4688-4698

  Kozar, Michael P ^a   Krahmer, Mark T ^a   Fox, Alvin ^a   Gray, Barry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MURAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MURAMIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 0033914765     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4688-4698.2000     Document Type: Article

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