Differences in Survival, Brain Damage, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokine Kinetics Due to Meningitis Caused by 3 Different<i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>Serotypes: Evaluation in Humans and in 2 Experimental Models

Abstract

Case-fatality rates of patients with pneumococcal meningitis, the degree and pattern of brain damage, and CSF cytochemical alterations in experimental pneumococcal meningitis differ according to serotype.