Meningitis is one of the most important causes of infant mortality and its early and proper diagnosis is of great importance, but there are currently no laboratory facilities optimized and fast in detection of meningitis pathogens. The current standard of bacterial meningitis diagnosis is microscopic examination and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture. This research aimed at isolating the most co...

Arachnoid web is a rare disease entity that can cause progressive myelopathy and most often develops at the upper thoracic level. Its pathophysiology unclear, but may be associated with degeneration of septum posticum in dorsal subarachnoid space, which alters flow cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) subsequently leads to cord compression syringomyelia. It presents pain, paresthesia, extremity weakness. ...

meningitis is one of the most important causes of infant mortality and its early and proper diagnosis is of great importance, but there are currently no laboratory facilities optimized and fast in detection of meningitis pathogens. the current standard of bacterial meningitis diagnosis is microscopic examination and cerebrospinal fluid (csf) culture. this research aimed at isolating the most co...

we describe the development of enterovirus meningoencephalitis associated with increased adenosine deaminase in cerebrospinal fluid of a 12-year-old boy, a known case of hypogamaglobulinemia despite monthly replacement of ivig. the patient was referred to our center with fever, headache and vomiting for 10 days. csf analysis was compatible with aseptic meningoencephalitis but high csf protein (...

Introduction: Recent studies point to the clinical and research efficacy of saliva as a respected diagnostic aid for observing Multiple Sclerosis. The objectives of this Hypothesis are to identify novel biomarkers recognized to Multiple Sclerosis in early stage in saliva and to determine if the levels of these markers correlate with level of these Cerebrospinal fluid and blood assays and urine ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a major part of the central nervous system (CNS) extracellular fluid, and fine regulation of its composition is vital to the brain’s health. Although CSF dynamics has been studied for an entire century, many of its aspects are still insufficiently understood. Today there are two hypotheses (1,2) on CSF physiology: a) traditional hypothesis and b) microcirculatory/mi...

Background and Aim: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is the most commonly used procedure for treatment of hydrocephalus in children. Abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst is a rare complication but potentially fatal. The pathogenesis of this complication remains unclear. This complication should be considered during differential diagnosis of an abdominal mass. Our aim is to report how large ...

 ABSTRACT Life-threatening infections caused by the encapsulated fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans have been increasing steadily over the past 10 years. Cryptococcus neoformans is recognized as the most frequent fungal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) in immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised patients. We report the development of a semi-nested- PCR-based assay for the ...

Abstract Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a serious complication after surgical treatment of craniopharyngioma. The objective this study to analyze postoperative CSF rates following transsphenoidal resection craniopharyngioma in adult versus pediatric patient populations. PRISMA guidelines were used query the Pubmed, Web Science, and Cochrane databases for studies or patients fro...