High Concentration of Protein Oxidation Biomarker O-Tyr/Phe Predicts Better Outcome in Childhood Bacterial Meningitis

• Main Authors: Emilie Rugemalira (Author), Irmeli Roine (Author), Julia Kuligowski (Author), Ángel Sánchez-Illana (Author), José David Piñeiro-Ramos (Author), Sture Andersson (Author), Manuel Leite Cruzeiro (Author), Máximo Vento (Author), Tuula Pelkonen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neuronal damage in bacterial meningitis (BM) partly stems from the host´s inflammatory response and induced oxidative stress (OS). We studied the association of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers indicating oxidative damage to proteins with course of illness and outcome in childhood BM in Angola....