title: Do Innate Immune Gene Variations Contribute to Susceptibility and Severity of Pneumococcal Meningitis?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Electronic address: lbrandenburg@ukaachen.de.
authors.forename: Lars-Ove
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Brandenburg
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Simone C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tauber
mesh_terms: D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics*; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index