Bacterial Meningitis
Investigators at Academic Medical Center, Department of Neurology have published new data on bacterial meningitis
Published in Health Risk Factor Week, June 5th, 2007
Data detailed in "Procoagulant and fibrinolytic activity in cerebrospinal fluid from adults with bacterial meningitis" have been presented. "This study investigated levels of coagulation and fibrinolysis factors in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from adults with bacterial meningitis in relation to development of brain infarction. CSF was collected from 92 adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis, who participated in the prospective Dutch Meningitis Cohort Study; 8 patients with viral meningitis and 9 healthy control subjects," investigators in Amsterdam, Netherlands report.
"Levels of proteins involved in the coagulation cascade were determined by means of...
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