MBL2 deficiency is associated with higher genomic bacterial loads during meningococcemia in young children T.C. Darton, D.L. Jack, M. Johnson, R. Borrow, M. Guiver, E.B. Kaczmarski, M.W. Turner, N.J. Klein, R.C. Read Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 20, Issue 12, Pages 1337-1342 (December 2014) DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12745 Copyright © 2014 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
FIG. 1 Plasma bacterial load measurements (log10 copies/mL) of patients with confirmed Neisseria meningitidis infection in relation to, (a) MBL2 structural and promoter genotype combinations in patients aged below 2 years, and (b) year of age (to 10 years), according to MBL structural genotype (either A/− or O/O). Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2014 20, 1337-1342DOI: (10.1111/1469-0691.12745) Copyright © 2014 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions