BLOOD AND CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID B-LYMPHOCYTE AND T-LYMPHOCYTE IN MUMPS-MENINGITIS

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  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 11  (3) , 545-553
Abstract
Children, 12 boys and 8 girls, with mumps-meningitis were investigated during the acute stage of illness. Immunoglobulin[Ig]-concentration. B [bone marrow-derived] and T [thymus-derived] cell ratios were determined in venous blood and CSF. In the blood no correlation between the percentage of B cells and Ig levels, or the course of illness was observed. Total protein level, cell count, and the concentration of glucose and Cl were determined in the CSF at the same time. No correlation between the percentage of B cells and Ig levels was observed in CSF. No difference in the number of B and T cells was observed between blood and CSF. The lymphocytes in CSF in meningitis apparently possess the same surface markers and show about the same B/T cell ratio as is found on blood lymphocytes.

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