Protection against meningitis-associated central nervous system complications by uric acid

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 431-

  Kastenbauer, S ^a   Pfister, H W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIURETIC AGENT; MANNITOL; STEROID; URIC ACID;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; METABOLISM; NOTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; URIC ACID;

EID: 0036582058     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1390     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. The role of uric acid in protection against peroxynitrite-mediated pathology
2. Oxidative stress in bacterial meningitis
3. Role of peroxynitrite as a mediator of pathophysiological alterations in experimental pneumococcal meningitis