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1176985

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-1-2
pubmed:abstractText
The intracisternal administration of a Type I pneumococcus to mongrel dogs resulted in spinal fluid abnormalities and clinical course and outcome similar to those of meningitis in humans. In order to define the pathogenic role of pneumococcal neuraminidase and other pneumococcal extracts in experimental meningitis, the following preparations were derived from the same Type I pneumococcus: crude neuraminidase, partially purified neuraminidase, heat-inactivated crude neuraminidase, and heat-killed pneumococci. These preparations were administered intracisternally daily for 5 days to a series of mongrel dogs. These substances did not produce clinical morbity similar to that observed in infected animals, even though there was significant decrease in the NANA content of cortical brain subcellular structures in the neuraminidase-treated dogs. It was concluded that the substances investigated were not responsible for morbidity and mortality in experimental pneumococcal meningitis. Both heat-killed pneumococci and the crude neuraminidase preparation elicited significant alterations in spinal fluid glucose and protein concentrations which were similar to those recorded in infected animals; however these abnormalities were not associated with significant morbidity. It is proposed that spinal fluid glucose and protein abnormalities may not be directly linked to brain damage or dysfunction in this experimental model, or in man.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-510X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
167-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental pneumococcal meningitis. Effects of neuraminidase and other pneumococcal constituents on cerebrospinal fluid in the intact dog.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article