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Dynamic Changes of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae Meningitis

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To quantitate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) in adult patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis and to correlate levels of MMP-9 with parameters of intrathecal inflammation and analyze the kinetic changes of MMP-9. In a prospective cohort study, levels of MMP-9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP-1) concentrations were measured in the CSF of six adult patients with meningitis and 11 controls. MMP-9 and TIMP-1 were detected in all of the six patients at presentation and follow up lumbar puncture. CSF levels of MMP-9 (6.71 ± 7.29 ng/ml) and TIMP-1(454.3 ± 242.9 ng/ml) were higher in patients than in the control group (0.07 ± 0.11 ng/ml and 27.14 ± 39.34 ng/ml, respectively). Levels of MMP-9 correlated with CSF concentrations of protein, cell count and lactate. Repeated lumbar punctures showed that levels of MMP-9 decrease during clinical recovery, although the levels of MMP-9 in the CSF are variable because of the small number of cases. The relative change in gelatin zymography is comparable to the changes of MMP-9 levels found in ELISA. MMP-9 levels in CSF may be a useful tool in follow-up in patients with K. pneumoniae meningitis.

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This work is supported by the Summer Medical Student Research Program 2007, from the Medical Foundation in Memory of Dr. Deh-Lin Cheng and also supported by grant VGHKS96-027 from Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, and grant NSC-96-2320-B-075B-002 from the National Science Council, Republic of China.

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  1. Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 813, Taiwan

    Hung-Chin Tsai, Kuan-Sheng Wu, Yung-Ching Liu, Min-Hon Shi, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yen-Lin Huang & Yao-Shen Chen

  2. National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Hung-Chin Tsai, Kuan-Sheng Wu, Yung-Ching Liu, Min-Hon Shi, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yen-Lin Huang & Yao-Shen Chen

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    Hung-Chin Tsai, Eng-Rin Chen & Chuan-Min Yen

  4. College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Sheng-Fu Liu

  5. Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Yao-Shen Chen

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Tsai, HC., Liu, SF., Wu, KS. et al. Dynamic Changes of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae Meningitis. Inflammation 31, 247–253 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-008-9071-5

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