Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections

Bacterial infections of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges, including infections involving the perimeningeal spaces.

Also Known As:

Infections, Bacterial, Central Nervous System; Bacterial Infections, Central Nervous System

Networked: 3 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

1.	Neurodegenerative Diseases (Neurodegenerative Disease)
2.	Bacterial Meningitis
3.	Brain Abscess (Abscess, Brain)

1.	Nicolaeva, Nicoletta: 1 article (11/2008)
2.	Wilms, Henrik: 1 article (11/2008)
3.	Pufe, Thomas: 1 article (11/2008)
4.	Leib, Stephen L: 1 article (11/2008)
5.	Varoga, Deike: 1 article (11/2008)
6.	Podschun, Rainer: 1 article (11/2008)
7.	Brandenburg, Lars-Ove: 1 article (11/2008)
8.	Lucius, Ralph: 1 article (11/2008)
9.	Schröder, Jens-Michael: 1 article (11/2008)
10.	Wruck, Christoph J: 1 article (11/2008)

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections:

1.	CathelicidinsIBA 11/01/2008 - "Together, these results suggest that cathelicidins produced by glia and other cells play an important part in the innate immune response against pathogens in central nervous system bacterial infections."
2.	Minocycline (Cyclops)FDA LinkGeneric 10/01/2007 - "Minocycline exerts beneficial immune modulatory effects in several noninfectious neurodegenerative disease models; however, its potential to influence the host immune response during central nervous system bacterial infections, such as brain abscess, has not yet been investigated. "
3.	AntigensIBA 05/01/2005 - "Bacterial meningitis and other central nervous system bacterial infections can be defined as definite, probable, and possible with a combination of a defining compatible clinical syndrome and an anatomic definition by surgery or imaging, coupled with isolation of the organism, bacterial antigen, or other defining molecular component of the organism."