Increased activity of the complement system in cerebrospinal fluid of the patients with Non-HIV Cryptococcal meningitis

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• 作者：Lei Shen ; Jianming Zheng ; Yan Wang ; Mengqi Zhu ; Haoxiang Zhu…
• 关键词：Cryptococcal meningitis ; Complement ; Cryptococcus
• 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：648KB
• 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2334
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundsCryptococcal meningitis (CM) has been known to lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The relative contribution of the complement system in protection and pathogenesis during CM remains largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the baseline complement component profiles in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma from non-HIV patients with CM, and therefore to provide insights of possible roles of the complement system in CM.