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High Pneumococcal DNA Loads Are Associated With Mortality in Malawian Children With Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

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2007

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Enitan D. Carrol, Malcolm Guiver, Standwell C. Nkhoma, Limangeni Mankhambo, John C. Marsh, Paul Balmer, Daniel L. Banda, Graham Jeffers, Sarah White, Elizabeth Molyneux,
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Abstract

Pneumococcal DNA loads are associated with plasma cytokine concentrations, and are higher in meningitis than in pneumonia. High blood and CSF pneumococcal DNA loads are associated with a fatal outcome.

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