Cortisol levels in cerebrospinal fluid correlate with severity and bacterial origin of meningitis

INTRODUCTION: Outcomes following bacterial meningitis are significantly improved by adjunctive treatment with corticosteroids. However, little is known about the levels and significance of intrathecal endogenous cortisol. The aim of this study was to assess cortisol as a biological and diagnostic ma...

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Autores principales: Holub, Michal, Beran, Ondřej, Džupová, Olga, Hnyková, Jarmila, Lacinová, Zdenka, Příhodová, Jana, Procházka, Bohumír, Helcl, Miroslav
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17386119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5729

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