Cerebrospinal Fluid(CSF)
Comparison of the Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Toluidine Red Unheated Serum Test and the CSF Rapid Plasma Reagin Test with the CSF Venereal Disease Research Laboratory Test for Diagnosis of Neurosyphilis among HIV Negative Syphilis Patients in China
... in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) speci- mens from syphilis ...2012, CSF specimens were collected at the Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital in Shanghai, China, from 1,132 syphilis patients without HIV ...
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Effect of hydration status on cerebral blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid lactic acidosis in rabbits with experimental meningitis
... of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactic acidosis were evaluated in rabbits with experimental pneumococcal ...("low fluid") or 150 ml/kg 24 h ("high ...lower fluid regimen had ...
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High Viral Load in the Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Correlates with Severity of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Encephalitis
... and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was examined longitudinally to onset of AIDS, and viral load was measured in brain tissue at necropsy to examine the relationship of systemic and central nervous system ...
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Application of Competitive PCR to Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples from Patients with Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
... of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples is very efficient in establishing the diagnosis of HSE (1, 3, 6, 18, 20, 22, ...in CSF has been described previously ...in CSF samples from 16 HSE ...
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Duration of Preoperative External Ventricular Drain in Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumors—Does It Matter?
... postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diver- sion was required in 30% - ...for CSF diversion following posterior fossa tumor surgery are essential for the surgeons during counseling, ...
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Specific Taenia crassiceps and Taenia solium Antigenic Peptides for Neurocysticercosis Immunodiagnosis Using Serum Samples
... and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with NC, CSF and serum samples from a control group, and serum samples from patients with other parasitoses were studied by enzyme-linked ...
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Jolt accentuation of headache: can this maneuver rule out acute meningitis?
... had cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) changes compatible with ...(0.39). CSF culture was positive in two patients (Streptococcus pneumoniae and Aspergillus ...for CSF assessment, but negative ...
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Late Post Traumatic Cerebrospinal Rhinorrhoea
... Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea results from anatomical breach be- tween the subarachnoid space and air sinus cavities of the skull base and traumatic CSF rhinorrhoea accounts for 80% - ...
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JC Virus Quasispecies Analysis Reveals a Complex Viral Population Underlying Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Supports Viral Dissemination via the Hematogenous Route
... body fluid samples (urine, plasma, and cerebrospinal fluid [CSF]) from 19 progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) patients, we attempted to reveal the composition of the JC ...
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New molecular tools for meningitis diagnostics in Ethiopia – a necessary step towards improving antimicrobial prescription
... of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for white blood cells (WBC), measurement of glucose and protein levels, and Gram ...from CSF can provide a definite diag- nosis, but may take several days and ...
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The diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid lactate for post neurosurgical bacterial meningitis: a meta analysis
... the CSF lactate levels of patients whose diagnoses were etiologically confirmed with those whose diagnoses were clinically confirmed ...abnormal CSF levels); there was no statistically signifi- cant ...
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An expanded age range for meningococcal meningitis: molecular diagnostic evidence from population based surveillance in Asia
... In three study sites, prospective, population-based surveil- lance for invasive bacterial meningitis in children < 5 years of age was conducted over a 2-year period. These sites were located in the Nanning, China ...
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Cerebrospinal fluid outflow resistance in rabbits with experimental meningitis Alterations with penicillin and methylprednisolone
... to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outflow from the subarachnoid to vascular space was markedly increaed in acute pneumococcal meningitis when compared to control, uninfected animals ...
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Extracorporeal decarboxylation in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and ARDS enables effective control of intracranial pressure
... Introduction: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with concomitant impairment of oxygenation and decarboxylation represents a complex problem in patients with increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Permissive ...
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Mononeuritis multiplex: an uncommon neurological manifestation of cytomegalovirus reactivation in an HIV infected patient
... CD4 cell count was 75 cells/ μ L (8%) and HIV RNA was 633000 copies/mL. CMV DNA in blood was 64000 cop- ies/mL; CMV antigen was negative. CMV IgG antibodies were positive and IgM antibodies negative; furthermore, ...
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Depletion of Human DNA in Spiked Clinical Specimens for Improvement of Sensitivity of Pathogen Detection by Next Generation Sequencing
... sequencing. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and nasopharyn- geal aspirate (NPA) specimens, spiked with control bacterial and viral pathogens, were processed using either a commercially available kit ...
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Noninvasive intracranial pressure estimation by orbital subarachnoid space measurement: the Beijing Intracranial and Intraocular Pressure (iCOP) study
... weighted MRI with a fat-suppressed sequence [10]. The pressure in the orbital subarachnoid space is correlated with the ICP [11]. Patients with increased ICP have a wider than normal orbital subarachnoid space and vice ...
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Viral aetiologies of acute encephalitis in a hospital based South Asian population
... Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 99 patients with encephalitis/meningoencephalitis admitted to two tertiary-care hospitals in Colombo. Cerebrospinal fluid and serum were tested for ...
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Imaging characteristics in patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus at Tertiary Health Care Hospital
... 76 | P a g e ventriculomegaly secondary to cerebral atrophy. Kojoukhova et al retrospective evaluated brain CT or MRI scans in a cohort of 390 patients with suspected NPH. Volumes of cerebrospinal fluid ...
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Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Cobas TaqMan Real Time PCR in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Indian Prospective
... pleural fluid, 31 pus, 47 ascitic fluid, 34 lymph node aspirate, 5 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), 4 endometrial fluid, 6 peritoneal fluid, 6 sputum, 2 bronchial wash and 10 ...
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