Allergy, Immunity, and Infection.

The paper presents articles related to allergy, immunity and infection. The first article aims to determine whether an anti inflammatory cytokine profile in meningoccal disease (MCD) was associated with increased risk of severe disease or death. In MCD there is early activation of both pro and anti inflammatory cytokines triggered by the release of endotoxin. Some studies of MCD have claimed that an anti inflammatory cytokine profile is associated with a fatal outcome, so contra indicating pro inflammatory cytokine inhibition therapies.