Isolation of measles virus from middle ear fluid of infants with acute otitis media

Autor:	Hidekazu Nishimura, Mika Numata, Mitsuko Suetake, Hisakazu Yano, Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Reiko Takayanagi, Hiroko Endo, Kenji Ohyama, Naohiro Okitsu, Michiko Okamoto, Shun Sagai
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Male Microbiology (medical) Tympanic Membrane Isolation (health care) Acute otitis media viruses Biopsy Fine-Needle Ear Middle Otoscopy Measles Measles virus otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Medicine In patient biology business.industry Infant biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Otitis Media Infectious Diseases Acute Disease embryonic structures Immunology Female Middle ear fluid business
Zdroj:	Journal of Infection. 51:e237-e240
ISSN:	0163-4453
Popis:	Measles virus was isolated from the middle ear fluid (MEF) of two infant cases of acute otitis media (AOM) associated with measles. This is the first report on the isolation of measles virus from the MEF in patients with AOM, and possibility of the measles virus as a causative agent of AOM was suggested.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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