Differences in Survival, Brain Damage, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Kinetics Due to Meningitis Caused by 3 DifferentStreptococcus pneumoniaeSerotypes: Evaluation in Humans and in 2 Experimental Models | Zendy

Christian Østergaard | Zendy; Christian Brandt | Zendy; Helle Bossen Konradsen | Zendy; S Samuelsson | Zendy

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Differences in Survival, Brain Damage, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Kinetics Due to Meningitis Caused by 3 DifferentStreptococcus pneumoniaeSerotypes: Evaluation in Humans and in 2 Experimental Models

Author(s) -

Christian Østergaard,

Christian Brandt,

Helle Bossen Konradsen,

S Samuelsson

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/423852

Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , meningitis , serotype , cerebrospinal fluid , case fatality rate , medicine , immunology , brain abscess , biology , abscess , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , surgery , epidemiology

Experimental meningitis with Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes 1, 3, and 9 has resulted in pronounced differences in disease severity, but clinical meningitis studies addressing serotype-related differences in case-fatality rates are lacking.

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