title: Oxidative stress in childhood meningitis: measurement of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine concentration in cerebrospinal fluid.
abstract: To examine the involvement of reactive oxygen species, we measured the concentration of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a biomarker of oxidative stress, in cerebrospinal fluid samples from 63 children with and without meningitis. We observed that the mean concentration of 8-OHdG in samples obtained during the early phase of bacterial meningitis, but not aseptic meningitis, was significantly higher than that in control samples. Clinical and laboratory improvement was associated with a fall in the 8-OHdG concentration in the patients with bacterial meningitis. Our findings suggest the presence of enhanced oxidative stress in the central nervous system of children with bacterial meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Japan. htsuka@fmsrsa.fukui-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haruta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayumi
mesh_terms: D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D003849:Deoxyguanosine