PECAM1 and pneumococcal meningitis: The importance of RrgA for brain infection is also supported by previous studies demonstrating that RrgA promotes bacterial entry into the brain from the blood-stream by interacting with the two endothelial receptors PECAM-1 and pIgR, and at autopsy, after a fatal pneumococcal meningitis, five out of six brains studied contained RrgA expressing pneumococci [16].