Case Report: Persistency Pneumococcal Polysaccharide in Cerebrospinal Fluid During a Post Pneumococcal Chronic Aseptic Meningitis: Coincidental or (Auto-)Inflammatory Embers
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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 involved in post-infectious manifestations through innate immunity response.
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de MontpellierCentre de Référence des Maladies Autoinflammatoires et des AmylosesUniversité de MontpellierHôpital CochinAssistance Publique – Hôpitaux de ParisInstitut CochinInsermPathogenesis and Control of Chronic and Emerging InfectionsCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueAgropolis InternationalMaladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôle
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Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsBacterial Infections and VaccinesIgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases