MENINGITIS  

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

11630.     Archimbaud C, Mirand A, Chambon M, Regagnon C, Bailly JL, Peigue-Lafeuille H, Henquell C. Improved diagnosis on a daily basis of enterovirus meningitis using a one-step real-time RT-PCR assay. J Med Virol. 2004 Dec;74(4):604-11.

11631.     Bosma GP, Steens SC, Petropoulos H, Admiraal-Behloul F, van den Haak A, Doornbos J, Huizinga TW, Brooks WM, Harville A, Sibbitt WL Jr, van Buchem MA. Multisequence magnetic resonance imaging study of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 2004 Oct;50(10):3195-202.

11632.     Ehling R, Lutterotti A, Wanschitz J, Khalil M, Gneiss C, Deisenhammer F, Reindl M, Berger T. Increased frequencies of serum antibodies to neurofilament light in patients with primary chronic progressive multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2004 Dec;10(6):601-6.

11633.     Gaur A, Seshan SV. CSFC-reactive protein estimation for bedside diagnosis of pyogenic meningitis. Indian Pediatrics. 2004 Oct; 41(10): 1073-1074

11634.     Guarner J, Greer PW, Whitney A, Shieh WJ, Fischer M, White EH, Carlone GM, Stephens DS, Popovic T, Zaki SR. Pathogenesis and diagnosis of human meningococcal disease using immunohistochemical and PCR assays. Am J Clin Pathol. 2004 Nov;122(5):754-64.

11635.     Litt DJ, Savino S, Beddek A, Comanducci M, Sandiford C, Stevens J, Levin M, Ison C, Pizza M, Rappuoli R, Kroll JS. Putative vaccine antigens from Neisseria meningitidis recognized by serum antibodies of young children convalescing after meningococcal disease. J Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 15;190(8):1488-97.

11636.     Ostergaard C, Brandt C, Konradsen HB, Samuelsson S. Differences in survival, brain damage, and cerebrospinal fluid cytokine kinetics due to meningitis caused by 3 different Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes: evaluation in humans and in 2 experimental models.  J Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 1;190(7):1212-20.

11637.     Rana S V, Singhal R K, Kartar Singh, Latakumar. Adenosine deraminase levels in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic test for tuberculous meningitis in children. Indian J clin Biochem 2004, 19 (2), 5-9.

11638.     Uzuka R, Kawashima H, Hasegawa D, Ioi H, Amaha M, Kashiwagi Y, Takekuma K, Hoshika A, Chiba K. Rapid diagnosis of bacterial meningitis by using multiplex PCR and real time PCR. Pediatr Int. 2004 Oct;46(5):551-4.

11639.     van Rossum AM, Wulkan RW, Oudesluys-Murphy AM. Procalcitonin as an early marker of infection in neonates and children. Lancet Infect Dis. 2004 Oct;4(10):620-30. Review.

Pathogenesis:

11640.     Grygorczuk S, Pancewicz S, Zajkowska J, Kondrusik M, Rwierzbinska R, Hermanowska-Szpakowicz T. Concentrations of macrophage inflammatory proteins MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta and interleukin 8 (il-8) in lyme borreliosis. Infection. 2004 Dec;32(6):350-5.

116541.     Ishiwada N, Cao LD, Kohno Y. PCR-based capsular serotype determination of Haemophilus influenzae strains recovered from Japanese paediatric patients with invasive infection. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004 Oct;10(10):895-8.

11642.     Niizuma T, Terada K, Kosaka Y, Daimon Y, Inoue M, Ogita S, Kataoka N, Tanaka K.  Elevated serum C-reactive protein in mumps orchitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Oct;23(10):971.

11643.     Robinson K, Taraktsoglou M, Rowe KS, Wooldridge KG, Ala'Aldeen DA. Secreted proteins from Neisseria meningitidis mediate differential human gene expression and immune activation. Cell Microbiol. 2004 Oct;6(10):927-38.

11644.     Rodriguez CA, Atkinson R, Bitar W, Whitney CG, Edwards KM, Mitchell L, Li J, Sublett J, Li CS, Liu T, Chesney PJ, Tuomanen EI. Tolerance to vancomycin in pneumococci: detection with a molecular marker and assessment of clinical impact. J Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 15;190(8):1481-7.

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