Cytokine analysis of middle ear effusions during acute otitis media: significant reduction in tumor necrosis factor alpha concentrations correlates with bacterial eradication

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Mar;18(3):301-3. doi: 10.1097/00006454-199903000-00022.

Authors

A Barzilai¹, B Dekel, R Dagan, J H Passwell, E Leibovitz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

PMID: 10093960
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199903000-00022

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Interferon-gamma / analysis
Interleukin-2 / analysis
Male
Otitis Media / immunology*
Otitis Media / microbiology
Otitis Media with Effusion / immunology*
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / analysis*

Substances

Interleukin-2
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Interferon-gamma