Open AccessMeasurement of Interleukin-6 in Cerebrospinal Fluid for the Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Dan Dano,
Hassimi Sadou,
Bassira Issaka,
Odile Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boye
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pakistan journal of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1812-5735
pISSN - 1028-8880
DOI - 10.3923/pjbs.2016.185.190
Subject(s) - cerebrospinal fluid , meningitis , aseptic meningitis , medicine , biomarker , gastroenterology , bacterial meningitis , viral meningitis , interleukin , csf albumin , interleukin 6 , aseptic processing , confidence interval , cytokine , surgery , chemistry , biochemistry
It is assessed whether the measurement of interleukin-6 in the cerebrospinal fluid can serve as a biomarker for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.
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