Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Meningococcal Meningitis
Authors: Jelle J. Visser
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1994)

Letters15 February 1994Nitric Oxide Synthesis in Meningococcal MeningitisJelle J. Visser, PhD, Rob J. P. M. Scholten, MD, and Klaas Hoekman, MDJelle J. Visser, PhDFree University Hospital; 1007 MB Amsterdam; The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author, Rob J. P. M. Scholten, MDFree University Hospital; 1007 MB Amsterdam; The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this author, and Klaas Hoekman, MDFree University Hospital; 1007 MB Amsterdam; The NetherlandsSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-120-4-199402150-00023 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Clinical meningitis arises largely from the inflammatory response to bacteria invading the cerebrospinal fluid. Because nitric oxide, an endogenous mediator with vasodilator, neurotransmitter, and cytotoxic activities may be involved [1], we measured cerebrospinal fluid levels of nitrate and nitrite, the stable degradation products of nitric oxide, in 94 patients with meningococcal meningitis and in 44 patients with noninflammatory neurologic disease.Controls had mean cerebrospinal fluid nitrate levels of 6.3 µmol/L (range, 2.3 to 17.3 µmol/L) and nitrite levels of 0.5 µmol/L (range, 0.4 to 1.7 µmol/L). Compared with controls, patients with meningitis had a mean nitrate level ...References1. Moncada S, Palmer RM, Higgs EA. Nitric oxide: Physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. Pharmacol Rev. 1991; 43:109-42. Google Scholar2. Marletta MA, Yoon PS, Iyengar R, Leaf CD, Wishnok JS. Macrophage oxidation of L-arginine to nitrite and nitrate: nitric oxide is an intermediate. Biochemistry. 1988; 21:8706-11. Google Scholar3. Nathan C. Nitric oxide as a secretory product of mammalian cells. 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