RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chemotactic activity of cerebrospinal fluid in pyogenic meningitis.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 213
OP 216
DO 10.1136/jcp.31.3.213
VO 31
IS 3
A1 Greenwood, B M
YR 1978
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/31/3/213.abstract
AB Cerebrospinal fluid from patients with pyogenic meningitis was found to be chemotactic for polymorphonuclear neutrophil leucocytes. No significant difference was found between the mean chemotactic activity of cerebrospinal fluid obtained from patients with pneumococcal meningitis or meningococcal meningitis. The chemotactic factor present in cerebrospinal fluid is probably a low molecular weight protein, perhaps a complement component.