Savonius O, et al. - During this trial, authors ascertained how cathelicidin concentrations and bacterial load in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) correlated in childhood bacterial meningitis (BM) and to what extent they speculated the disease outcome. The results brought to light a close connection between CSF cathelicidin and the bacterial load in childhood BM. As per the outcomes, a high initial cathelicidin-to-bacterial genome count ratio speculated better outcomes in survivors.