Serum IgA and IgG functional antibodies and their subclasses to Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular antigen found in two aged-matched cohorts of children with and without otitis media with effusion

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-340

  Drake Lee, A B ^a   Hughes, R G ^b   Dunn, C ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Binding Site Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glue ear; IgA and IgG functional antibodies to Streptococcus pneumoniae; Immunoglobulin A; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin subclasses; Otitis media with effusion; Serous otitis media

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0041529748     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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