Interleukin-6 activation in ischemic stroke caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C.
We report an unusual phenomenon in a patient with meningococcal meningitis who developed a brain infarct. Concentrations of interleukin-6 were notably elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid. We also discuss some clinical and pathophysiological features of cerebrovascular injury in meningococcal disease.
de Souza
Alexandre Leite
AL
de Oliveira
Augusto César Penalva
AC
Romano
Carla C
CC
Sztajnbok
Jaques
J
Duarte
Alberto J S
AJ
Seguro
Antonio C
AC
D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications; D038542:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C; D020521:Stroke / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology
D015850:Interleukin-6