This finding corresponds with LNB being a less severe infection and may also partly explain, why common markers for infection such as C-reactive protein (CRP), leucocytes etc. are not increased in patients with LNB (Hansen and Lebech, 1992) but increased in patients with other CNS infections (Julián-Jiménez and Morales-Casado, 2019). The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is infection.