Influence of the blood bacterial load on the meningeal inflammatory response in <it>Streptococcus pneumoniae </it>meningitis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Despite bacteraemia is present in the majority of patients with pneumococcal, little is known about the influence of the systemic infection on the meningeal inflammatory response.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>To expl...

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Main Authors: Frimodt-Møller Niels, Brandt Christian, O'Reilly Terence, ∅stergaard Christian, Lundgren Jens D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/6/78