Persistence of Pneumolysin in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients With Pneumococcal Meningitis Is Associated With Mortality

Poor prognosis in Pneumococcal meningitis may be associated with high pneumolysin levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In patient samples we showed that pneumolysin levels in CSF remained high after 48 hours in nonsurvivors of meningitis compared with survivors. Selective antipneumolysin treatment m...

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Auteurs principaux: Wall, Emma C., Gordon, Stephen B., Hussain, Samia, Goonetilleke, Upali R. S., Gritzfeld, Jenna, Scarborough, Matthew, Kadioglu, Aras
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Oxford University Press 2012
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Brief Reports
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3275762/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22238165
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir926
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