Cerebrospinal fluid complement activation in patients with pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 542-547

  Mook Kanamori, Barry B ^a   Brouwer, Matthijs C ^a   Geldhoff, Madelijn ^a   Ende, Arie van der ^a   Van De Beek, Diederik ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Complement system; Therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; COMPLEMENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899928139     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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