title: Free sialic acid levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningitis.
abstract: The free and bound sialic acid content of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with positive evidence (by CSF culture) of pyogenic and tuberculous meningitis was determined. The free sialic acid content was significantly raised only in cases of pyogenic meningitis, but not in tuberculous or other types of the disease.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D013492:Suppuration; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid
chemical_list: D012794:Sialic Acids