[A structural analysis of hemato-encephalic barrier function in bacterial meningoencephalitis]

A correlation analysis of the content of metals in the cerebrospinal fluid in 70 patients with bacterial meningoencephalitis showed that an increase of permeability of microvessel walls for macro- and microelements is accompanied by a reduction of the regulating activity of barrier structures. Pathomorphological examination of the brain by the method of scanning electron microscopy revealed structural changes of the microvessel walls as the basis of disorders of the barrier-transport function.