TNF-α and IL-6 in the diagnosis of bacterial and aseptic meningitis in children

AO Mukai, VLJ Krebs, CJ Bertoli, TS Okay - Pediatric neurology, 2006 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to analyze the usefulness of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and
interleukin-6 cerebrospinal fluid concentrations for the differential diagnosis between …

TNF is important for pathogen control and limits brain damage in murine cerebral listeriosis

S Virna, M Deckert, S Lutjen, S Soltek… - The Journal of …, 2006 - journals.aai.org
Cerebral listeriosis is a life-threatening disease. However, little is known about the bacterial
virulence factors responsible for the severe course of disease and the factors of the immune …

Do corticosteroids prevent hearing loss in pediatric bacterial meningitis? An analysis of the evidence

S Manolidis, R Johnson - Ear, nose & throat journal, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
We reviewed the MEDLINE database of articles published from January 1966 through
December 2001 in search of data on the ability of the corticosteroid dexamethasone to …

[引用][C] TNF Is Important for Pathogen Control and

KE Foulds, H Shen, JD Heinrich Körner, S Virna… - J Immunol, 2006