Cerebrospinal fluid lysozyme in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Selvakumar, N and Acharyulu, G S and Prabhakar, R (1985) Cerebrospinal fluid lysozyme in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 82 (6). pp. 479-481. ISSN 0971-5916

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Abstract

Pretreatment lysozyme levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were estimated in 37 patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM), 16 with non-tuberculous meningitis (non-TBM) and 13 with non-inflammatory conditions of the central nervous system (controls) in an attempt to assess the role of CSF lysozyme in the diagnosis of TBM. Lysozyme content in the CSF was found to be elevated in all patients with bacteriologically confirmed TBM and in a large proportion of patients in whom the disease was clinically diagnosed but bacteriologically not confirmed. The enzyme was not detected in all but one of the control subjects and in most (69%) of the non-TBM patients.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Laboratory Research > Bacteriological
Divisions:	Basic Science Research > Bacteriology
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	12 Aug 2013 09:23
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2016 09:02
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/196

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