title: Interleukin-8 in serum and cerebrospinal fluid from patients with meningococcal disease.
abstract: To evaluate the role of interleukin (IL)-8 in meningococcal disease, a solid-phase double-ligand ELISA was used to quantitate IL-8 in sera and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with meningococcal meningitis, bacteremia, or both with or without septic shock. IL-8 was demonstrated in sera from 28 of 62 patients; levels were significantly higher in patients with septic shock without meningitis (median, 36.1 ng/mL) than in patients with other manifestations (median, < 0.02 ng/mL), and 4 of 5 patients who died had high levels. IL-8 was detected in all 27 CSF samples. Serum IL-8 levels correlated highly significantly with those of IL-6 (r = .83) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF; r = .64), while the correlations between corresponding CSF levels were less pronounced (r = .43 and r = .38, respectively) but still significant. Serum IL-8 levels were highest in patients with a symptom history < 12 h. The elimination rate of IL-8 from serum varied and was similar to that of IL-6 and TNF. IL-8 appears to participate in the complex cytokine network during the initial phase of systemic meningococcal infections.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department B, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halstensen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brandtzaeg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Redl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naess
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waage
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000032:analysis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000032:analysis; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000097:blood* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D007700:Kinetics; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha