From: Oxidative stress and S-100B protein in children with bacterial meningitis
Mediators | Patients with neurological complications (n = 7) | Patients without neurological complications (n = 35) | ||||||
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 | CSF | serum | CSF/serum ratio (10-3) | Index | CSF | serum | CSF/serum ratio (10-3) | Index |
Albumin* (g/dl) | 1.35 ± 0.05 | 2.55 ± 0.43 | 529.41 ± 94.55 | - | 1.27 ± 0.43 | 2.45 ± 0.45 | 518.37 ± 112.6 | - |
Significance | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
NO (nmol/ml) | 18.41 ± 1.42 | 29.70 ± 12.03 | 620.69 ± 176.07 | 1.17 ± 0.47 | 10.91 ± 2.87 | 22.38 ± 9.68 | 487.49 ± 190.37 | 0.94 ± 0.22 |
Significance | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
LPO (umol/l) | 13.64 ± 2.68 | 20.24 ± 6.11 | 673.90 ± 150.47 | 1.26 ± 0.40 | 11.70 ± 3.49 | 28.14 ± 5.84 | 415.77 ± 200.30 | 0.80 ± 0.05 |
Significance | p < 0.05 | p < 0.05 | p < 0.01 | p < 0.05 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Total Thiol (nmol/ml) | 0.69 ± 0.32 | 6.04 ± 3.07 | 31.87 ± 12.31 | 0.07 ± 0.03 | 0.53 ± 0.16 | 6.11 ± 2.51 | 22.74 ± 8.27 | 0.04 ± 0.02 |
Significance | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
SOD (U/g protein) | 3.47 ± 1.30 | 4.35 ± 1.96 | 157.47 ± 56.66 | 0.34 ± 0.11 | 2.76 ± 0.99 | 3.11 ± 0.93 | 116.62 ± 50.37 | 0.23 ± 0.11 |
Significance | p > 0.05 | p < 0.01 | p > 0.05 | p > 0.05 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
S100 B (ng/ml) | 0.67 ± 0.42 | 0. 24 ± 0.07 | 2791.67 ± 754.77 | - | 0.25 ± 0.40 | 0.15 ± 0.16 | 1666.67 ± 573.2 | - |
Significance | p < 0.01 | P < 0.01 | p < 0.001 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |