What is it about?
We all become colonized with the three principal causes of bacterial meningitis but only a few actually develop the disease. The study provides an explanation how some become susceptible to the invasive infection.
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Why is it important?
This may open new avenues for prevention.
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This page is a summary of: Induction of Susceptibility to Disseminated Infection with IgA1 Protease-Producing Encapsulated Pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae Type b, and Neisseria meningitidis, mBio, June 2022, ASM Journals,
DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00550-22.
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