Death Is Associated with Complement C3 Depletion in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Pneumococcal Meningitis

Pneumococcal meningitis can lead to death or serious neurological sequelae as a result of the host inflammatory response. We investigated the association between host response protein expression and outcome in patients with pneumococcal meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was obtained from 80 pati...

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Autores principales: Goonetilleke, U. R., Scarborough, M., Ward, S. A., Hussain, S., Kadioglu, A., Gordon, S. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22415003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00272-11

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