New advances in the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial meningitis

Bacterial Meningitis in the United States in 1995

Anne Schuchat, Katherine A. Robinson, Jay D. Wenger et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 1.3K citations

Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics +17

Recombinant human interleukin-1 induces meningitis and blood-brain barrier injury in the rat. Characterization and comparison with tumor necrosis factor.

Vincent Quagliarello, Brian Wispelwey, W. J. Long et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1991 · 379 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience +17

Comparison of procalcitonin with C-reactive protein, interleukin 6 and interferon-alpha for differentiation of bacterial vs. viral infections

D Gendrel, Josette Raymond, Joël Coste et al. · The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 1999 · 318 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics +10

Reactive oxygen intermediates contribute to necrotic and apoptotic neuronal injury in an infant rat model of bacterial meningitis due to group B streptococci.

Stephen L. Leib, Y S Kim, Lucian Chow et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1996 · 235 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Neuroscience +17

Matrix metalloproteinases contribute to the blood—brain barrier disruption during bacterial meningitis

Robert Paul, Stefan Lorenzl, Uwe Koedel et al. · Annals of Neurology · 1998 · 214 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience +15