Effects of Clinically Used Antioxidants in Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis.

Autor: Auer, Marc, Pfister, Luz-Andrea, Leppert, David, Tauber, Martin G., Leib, Stephen L.
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Zdroj: Journal of Infectious Diseases; 7/1/2000, Vol. 182 Issue 1, p347, 4p
Abstrakt: Examines the effect of antioxidant drugs N-acetylcysteine, deferoxamine and trylizadmesylate that interfere with reactive oxygen intermediates in a model of pneumococcal meningitis. Clinical parameters of meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid concentration of tumor necrosis factor-alpha; Neuronal injury.
Databáze: Complementary Index