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A 25-year-old female asked:

What does low pneumococcal antibodies mean?blood showed good immune system except that? can it cause chronic sinusitis and bronchitis?

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Dr. Arthur Hammeranswered

Pulmonology 53 years experience

It means exposure: You've been exposed to Pneumococcus, not necesarily presntly infected

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Dr. Jonathan Owensanswered

ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 36 years experience

Yes: I assume this is a antibody level measured after the pneumococcal vaccine. If so, it means your immune system is not responding to the bacterial proteins in the normal way. Patients who mount a weak response to bacterial infections may be at higher risk for recurrent respiratory tract infections such as sinusitis and bronchitis.

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