Case Report: Persistency Pneumococcal Polysaccharide in Cerebrospinal Fluid During a Post Pneumococcal Chronic Aseptic Meningitis: Coincidental or (Auto-)Inflammatory Embers

Case Report: Persistency Pneumococcal Polysaccharide in Cerebrospinal Fluid During a Post Pneumococcal Chronic Aseptic Meningitis: Coincidental or (Auto-)Inflammatory Embers

We report the case of a 9-months-old boy that has presented a steroid-dependent post-pneumococcal chronic aseptic meningitis was associated with persistence of pneumococcal cell wall components in cerebrospinal fluid during more than 20 months. Suggesting that this antigenic persistence could be inv...

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Main Authors: Manon Ladeveze, Yann Dumont, G. Boursier, Frederic Batteux, Perrine Mahe, Aurelie Bensimon Borrull, Guillaume Sarrabay, Karine Bollore, Edouard Tuaillon, Sylvain Godreuil, Eric Jeziorski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
pneumococcal meningitis
pneumococcal cell wall components
aseptic meningitis
chronic aseptic meningitis
innate immunity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.762457/full

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