CHANGES IN CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID BIOTINIDASE ACTIVITY IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS MENINGITIS

Authors
DEFELICE C HAYAKAWA K NIHEI K HIGUCHI S TANAKA T WATANABE T HIBI I
Citation
C. Defelice et al., CHANGES IN CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID BIOTINIDASE ACTIVITY IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS MENINGITIS, Brain & development, 16(2), 1994, pp. 156-158
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain & development → ACNP
ISSN journal
03877604
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
156 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0387-7604(1994)16:2<156:CICBAI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
An early increase in activity of biotinidase in the cerebrospinal flui d (CSF) during the course of acute Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in a subject with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is reported . A possible role of CSF biotinidase in the hydrolysis of specific opi oid neuropeptides during acute inflammatory processes involving the CS F-central nervous system compartment is suggested.