TLR6 and bacterial meningitis: The TLR2 subfamily comprises the four highly homologous members TLR1, TLR2, TLR6, and TLR10, which also have an important immunomodulatory role in infectious diseases.<h4>Methods</h4>The study cohort consists of 190 bacterial meningitis patients aged 1 to 147 months from randomized clinical trials and 268 controls from Luanda, Angola.