Serum cytokine and chemokine profiles of patients with confirmed bacterial and viral meningitis

Autor: Caragheorgheopol Ramona, Țucureanu Cătălin, Lazăr Veronica, Caraș Iuliana
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 31, Iss 4, Pp 315-324 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2284-5623
DOI: 10.2478/rrlm-2023-0023
Popis: Introduction: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokines and chemokines have been reported by several studies as useful markers to discriminate bacterial and viral meningitis (BM and VM). This study aimed to investigate if serum cytokine and chemokine profiles could also differentiate BM from VM, thus circumventing the need for an invasive lumbar puncture.
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