title: [Lysozyme and beta2-microglobulin in cerebrospinal fluids from healthy children and in children with diseases of the central nervous system (author's transl)].
abstract: Lysozyme is absent from normal cerebrospinal fluid (C.S.F.) and in C.S.F. from children with viral meningitis. Appreciable amounts of lysozyme were noted in C.S.F. from children with bacterial meningitis (0.23 +/- 0.14 mg/100 ml) and cerebral convulsions (0-0.82 mg/100 ml). The C.S.F.-lysozyme content is a sensitive indicator for bacterial meningitis and important in the differential diagnosis between viral and bacterial meningitis. The beta2-microglobulin content of C.S.F. in healthy children was 0.11 +/- 0.05 mg/100 ml; in children with viral meningitis 0.20 +/- 0.06 mg/100 ml and in children with bacterial meningitis 0.44 +/- 0.17 mg/100 ml. Children with cerebral convulsions had also a rise in C.S.F. beta2-microglobulin.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001609:Beta-Globulins / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D009113:Muramidase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D012640:Seizures / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*
chemical_list: D001609:Beta-Globulins; D002556:Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; D001613:beta 2-Microglobulin; D009113:Muramidase
vernacular_title: Lysozym und beta2-Mikroglobulin im Liquor gesunder Kinder und bei Kindern mit Erkrankungen des Zentralnervensystems