[Cerebrospinal fluid serotonin concentration in pyogenic and tick-borne encephalomeningitis].

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) serotonin was determined in 38 patients with pyogenic meningitis and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) before and after treatment. Increase of CSF serotonin concentration was observed in acute phase of pyogenic meningits and normalized after treatment.

• Authors: E B Siwak, D Pawlak, W Buczko, M Kondrusik, T Hermanowska-Szpakowicz
• Journal: Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska (Neurol Neurochir Pol) 1999 Mar-Apr Vol. 33 Issue 2 Pg. 339-49 ISSN: 0028-3843 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Stezenie serotoniny w płynie mózgowo-rdzeniowym w przebiegu ropnych i kleszczowych zapaleń opon mózgowo-rdzeniowych i mózgu.
• PMID: 10463248 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Immunoglobulin G
• Immunoglobulin M
• Serotonin

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Encephalitis, Tick-Borne (cerebrospinal fluid, immunology, microbiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin G (immunology)
• Immunoglobulin M (immunology)
• Male
• Meningitis (cerebrospinal fluid, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Middle Aged
• Serotonin (cerebrospinal fluid)
• Streptococcal Infections (complications)
• Streptococcus pyogenes (isolation & purification)