IL-6 and IL-8 in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with aseptic meningitis and bacterial meningitis: their potential role as a marker for differential diagnosis

IL-6 and IL-8 in cerebrospinal fluid from patients with aseptic meningitis and bacterial meningitis: their potential role as a marker for differential diagnosis

Cytokines are molecules that act as mediators of immune response; cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) IL-6 is found in all meningeal inflammatory diseases, but IL-8 is associated with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM). A case control study was done to ascertain the discriminatory power of these cytokines in...

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Main Authors: Vitor Laerte Laerte Pinto Junior, MD, PhD, Maria Cristina Rebelo, Rachel Novaes Gomes, MSc, PhD, Edson Fernandes de Assis, MSc, PhD, Hugo C. Castro-Faria-Neto, MSc, PhD, Marcio Neves Bóia, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011701623

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