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Biochemical mediators of meningeal inflammatory response to group B streptococcus in the newborn piglet model.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 1995
Ling E W, Noya F J, Ricard G, Beharry K, Mills E L, Aranda J V
Abstract excerpt
The meningeal inflammatory response to a heat-killed mutant unencapsulated strain of type III group B Streptococcus (GBS) was studied in a newborn piglet model. GBS (10(9) colony-forming unit equivalents) or saline (control) was inoculated intraventricularly. Serial cerebrospinal fluid measurements were done at baseline and over the course of the next 24 h for cytochemical changes and production of tumor necrosis...
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