Open AccessCerebrospinal fluid cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in human immunodeficiency seropositive and seronegative patients of tuberculous meningitis
Author(s) -
Dheeraj Rai,
Ravindra Kumar Garg,
Abbas Ali Mahdi,
Amita Jain,
Rajesh Verma,
Anil Kumar Tripathi,
Maneesh Singh,
Hardeep Singh Malhotra,
Gyan Prakash Singh,
Mohammad Kaleem Ahmad
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.132617
Subject(s) - tuberculous meningitis , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , immunology , meningitis , cytokine , tuberculosis , pathology , surgery
Some important clinical differences exist between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients. Alterations in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytokines and matrix metalloproteinase have been noted in tuberculous meningitis. In HIV-infected patients, the immunopathogenesis is expected to be different.