Chemotactic activity of cerebrospinal fluid in pyogenic meningitis.

نویسنده

  • B M Greenwood
چکیده

Cerebrospinal fluid from patients with pyogenic meningitis was found to be chemotactic for polymorphonuclear neutrophil leucocytes. No significant difference was found between the mean chemotactic activity of cerebrospinal fluid obtained from patients with pneumococcal meningitis or meningococcal meningitis. The chemotactic factor present in cerebrospinal fluid is probably a low molecular weight protein, perhaps a complement component.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical pathology

دوره 31 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1978