Viral potentiation of bacterial superinfection of the respiratory tract

LO Bakaletz - Trends in microbiology, 1995 - cell.com
Virus infections of the respiratory tract predispose it to bacterial superinfections.
Epidemiological studies, clinical evidence of viral-bacterial co-infection and animal models …

Influenza A vaccine decreases the incidence of otitis media in 6-to 30-month-old children in day care

DA Clements, L Langdon, C Bland… - Archives of pediatrics & …, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
Objective: To determine if the use of influenza vaccine in children in day care decreases the
incidence of otitis media during the influenza season. Design: Prospective cohort study …

Persistent acute otitis media: I. Causative pathogens

ME Pichichero, CL Pichichero - The Pediatric infectious disease …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
In this prospective study tympanocentesis was performed to determine the pathogens
isolated from middle ear fluid of 200 ears in 137 children with acute otitis media (AOM) …

Chronic otitis media with effusion in infancy: how frequent is it? How does it develop?

OP Alho, H Oja, M Koivu, M Sorri - Archives of Otolaryngology …, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
Objective: To study the occurrence and development of chronic otitis media with effusion in
infancy. Design: A retrospective birth cohort with a 2-year follow-up. Infection data were …

Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis bacteremia in children: a report of two patients and review of the literature

GA Meyer, TR Shope, NJ Waecker Jr… - Clinical …, 1995 - journals.sagepub.com
We report two cases of Moraxella catarrhalis (M. catarrhalis) bacteremia in apparently
healthy children. One patient had bilateral otitis media and the other had pharyngitis and …

Incidence of adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in chronic otitis media with effusion using the polymerase chain reaction

CB Shaw, N Obermyer, SJ Wetmore… - … –Head and Neck …, 1995 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in
the cause of chronic otitis media with effusion by use of the polymerase chain reaction for …

Human immune response against outer membrane proteins of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis determined by immunoblotting and enzyme immunoassay

ME Helminen, R Beach, I Maciver… - Clinical Diagnostic …, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
The role of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis as a respiratory tract pathogen is
increasingly recognized. We looked at the human immune response against individual outer …

Immunological aspects of otitis media: present views on possibilities of immunoprophylaxis of acute otitis media in infants and children

PH Karma, LO Bakaletz, GS Giebink, G Mogi… - International journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
The article reviews, based on current knowledge of immunological events affecting the
middle ear, the possibilities and prospects for the prevention of otitis media (OM) by …