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[The significance of elevated Mn SOD level in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial meningitis--its relation to cytokine].
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Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology [Rinsho Shinkeigaku] 1994 Apr; Vol. 34 (4), pp. 331-5. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- We measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn SOD) using an enzyme immunoassay method in 19 patients with bacterial meningitis (BM), 33 with aseptic meningitis (AM) and 13 with encephalitis (EN), and examined the significance of their elevations, especially in BM. 1) In BM, the Mn SOD levels were obviously high, ranging from 10.4 to 1179.2 ng/ml. The mean level of Mn SOD was 234.6 +/- 306.7 (SD) ng/ml and 18 patients showed abnormal levels of Mn SOD (more than 13.1 ng/ml). On the other hand, in the remaining 2 diseases, the elevation of SOD levels was not remarkable: the mean levels of Mn SOD in AM and EN were 20.6 +/- 11.6 ng/ml and 41.9 +/- 23.6 ng/ml, respectively. 2) In AM and EN, Mn SOD levels well correlated with NSE or S-100b levels which are the markers of nervous tissue damages. But there was no correlation between the Mn SOD levels in BM and these markers. 3) In BM, there was a positive relationship between Mn SOD and total protein levels, but the disease days showing peak levels were different between them. In addition, Mn SOD levels showed no correlation with cell counts in CSF. 4) In BM, CSF levels of TNF-alpha and IL-1 alpha were remarkably high, whereas in AM and EN, the increases of these cytokines were not marked. And these cytokines in BM showed the peak values in the disease day before or when Mn SOD reached the peak levels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Interleukin-1 cerebrospinal fluid
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial cerebrospinal fluid
Middle Aged
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha cerebrospinal fluid
Cytokines cerebrospinal fluid
Meningitis, Bacterial enzymology
Superoxide Dismutase cerebrospinal fluid
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- Language :
- Japanese
- ISSN :
- 0009-918X
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8026125