Abstract:Objective To investigate the effectiveness of the determination of biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid for the analysis of the condition of tuberculous meningitis.Methods Eighty patients with tuberculous meningitis who were admitted to our hospital from August 2011 to August 2014 were selected as observation group, and 80 patients with bacterial meningitis who were hospitalized in our hospital during the same period were selected as control group. The cerebrospinal fluid was extracted, and the activities of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), adenosine deaminase (ADA), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were determined in the two groups and correlation analysis was carried out.Results Compared with the control group, the observation group had significantly higher activities of TNF-α, ADA, and LDH (P <0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that ADA had the largest area under the ROC curve, followed by TNF-α and LDH. Analysis showed that the sensitivity and specificity of ADA in judging the condition of tuberculous meningitis were both higher than those of TNF-α and LDH (P<0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that the TNF-α, ADA, and LDH in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculous meningitis had a significantly positive correlation between any two of the three biomarkers (P<0.05). Conclusions The determination of the three biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid can reflect the condition of tuberculous meningitis, and the three biomarkers show a certain correlation between them as well, which is conducive to the differential diagnosis of the disease in early stage.