Serum cytokine profile of pediatric patients with laboratory confirmed pneumococcal meningitis

• Main Authors: Kai Zheng (Author), Liang Zhu (Author), Yiwei Ding (Author), Xixi Zhang (Author), Ning Chen (Author), Gang Liu (Author), Qiushui He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae infection is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children with severe sequelae. Cytokines are important molecules in regulating of host inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses. So far, the cytokine profile of bacterial meningitis caused by single path...