Report of Two Cases of Aseptic Meningitis with Persistence of Pneumococcal Cell Wall Components in Cerebrospinal Fluid after Pneumococcal Meningitis
| Autor: | Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Albert Faye, Véronique Houdouin, Antoine Bourrillon, Edouard Bingen, Guillaume Aubertin, Laure de Los Angeles, Julie Lachenaud, François Angoulvant, Mathie Lorrot |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Antigens Bacterial Meningitis Pneumococcal Inflammatory response Polysaccharides Bacterial Infant Aseptic meningitis Case Reports Biology Streptococcaceae biology.organism_classification medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Cerebrospinal fluid Antigen Cell Wall Immunology Streptococcus pneumoniae medicine Humans Female Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen Meningitis Aseptic Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44:4285-4287 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jcm.01120-06 |
| Popis: | We describe two cases of aseptic meningitis occurring some time after pneumococcal meningitis. Both cases may have resulted from an inflammatory response to persistent pneumococcal cell membrane components, as the cerebrospinal fluid samples were positive by the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test. Potential mechanisms and diagnostic impact are discussed. |
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