Citramalic acid in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with bacterial meningitis.

Abstract:

:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from uninfected patients and from patients with bacterial and viral meningitis was analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography, with use of a flame ionization detector, and by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The resulting profiles were consistent and reproducible. Hydroxy acids were the compounds found in greatest abundance in both normal and infected CSF. Control experiments to establish the sensitivity and efficiency of the extraction and derivatization methods are also presented. Constituents of CSF from patients with bacterial meningitis differed quantitatively and qualitatively from those of CSF from uninfected patients or patients with nonbacterial infections. CSF from seven of eight patients with bacterial meningitis contained citramalic acid, a compound not previously identified in either normal or infected CSF. The implications of these findings are discussed.

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Perlman S,Carr SA

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-07-01 00:00:00

pages

1209-12

issue

7

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

30

pub_type

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