MBL2 and pneumococcal meningitis: CSF MBL levels were significantly higher in pneumococcal meningitis patients compared to negative controls (26 patients in whom lumbar puncture was performed to rule our subarachnoid hemorrhage with normal CSF; median 13.6 ng/ml [IQR 7.1–51.6] vs. 3.1 [IQR 2.2–4.0], p<0.001).