Open AccessThe rôle of the phagocyte in cerebro-spinal meningitis
Author(s) -
Cresswell Shearer,
H. Warren Crowe
Publication year - 1917
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1917.0003
Subject(s) - meninges , phagocyte , medicine , meningitis , cerebrospinal fluid , anatomy , pathology , surgery , phagocytosis , immunology
The more or less constant presence of the meningococcus in the spinal fluid of cases of cerebro-spinal fever, has led to many suggestions as to how this microbe gains admission to the spinal canal. It has been assumed that either there is a direct passage of the organism from the naso-pharynx to the cerebral meninges, or that transmission takes place through the blood or lymph channels. The membranes which enclose the spinal fluid, however, present a serious obstacle to the passage of the microbe, and in fact it is doubtful if, in the living tissues, such a passage could take place.