title: [Cerebrospinal fluid serotonin concentration in pyogenic and tick-borne encephalomeningitis].
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) serotonin was determined in 38 patients with pyogenic meningitis and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) before and after treatment. Increase of CSF serotonin concentration was observed in acute phase of pyogenic meningits and normalized after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Pasozytniczych i Neuroinfekcji AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Siwak
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pawlak
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Buczko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondrusik
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hermanowska-Szpakowicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012701:Serotonin / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D012701:Serotonin