Isolation of measles virus from middle ear fluid of infants with acute otitis media.
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.
Yano
Hisakazu
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Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8563, Japan. yanohisa@tohokuh.rofuku.go.jp
Suetake
Mitsuko
M
Endo
Hiroko
H
Takayanagi
Reiko
R
Numata
Mika
M
Ohyama
Kenji
K
Sagai
Shun
S
Okitsu
Naohiro
N
Okamoto
Michiko
M
Nishimura
Hidekazu
H
Kobayashi
Toshimitsu
T
D000208:Acute Disease; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D008459:Measles virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D038781:Otoscopy / Q000379:methods; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000473:pathology