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

• Main Authors: Manon Ladeveze (Author), Yann Dumont (Author), G. Boursier (Author), Frederic Batteux (Author), Perrine Mahe (Author), Aurelie Bensimon Borrull (Author), Guillaume Sarrabay (Author), Karine Bollore (Author), Edouard Tuaillon (Author), Sylvain Godreuil (Author), Eric Jeziorski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 inv...