Quinolinic acid (QA)

Molecular group: 
Metabolic markers
Molecule/Cell: 
Quinolinic acid (QA)
Plasmodium strain: 
Plasmodium falciparum
Organ: 
CSF
Population: 
Malawi vs European Con
Transmission: 
Stable
Adult/Pediatric: 
Pediatric (Adult con)
CM† vs CM: 
CM vs NM-CNS: 
CM vs NM-NCNS: 
Patient number: 
120
Additional differences: 
QA malawian children < QA vietnamese adults; + correlation with death (independent of renal function), history of convulsions, plasma creatinine at admission and fever duration
Refs: 
Medana et al., 2003, J Infect Dis