calca-protein--human and iotrolan

Symptomatic aseptic, chemical meningitis is a rare complication of myelography. Its acute clinical course and standard laboratory findings are indistinguishable from those of bacterial meningitis. The authors present a case of severe postmyelographic chemical meningitis and compare CSF and serum inflammatory markers to a group of seven patients with proven bacterial meningitis. As in viral meningitis, procalcitonin might be able to discriminate between bacterial and chemical causes of CNS inflammation.

Topics: Adult; Aged; Biomarkers; Brain Edema; C-Reactive Protein; Calcitonin; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Contrast Media; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Glucose; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Leukocyte Count; Male; Meningitis, Aseptic; Meningitis, Bacterial; Middle Aged; Myelography; Protein Precursors; Time Factors; Triiodobenzoic Acids