title: Isolation of measles virus from middle ear fluid of infants with acute otitis media.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8563, Japan. yanohisa@tohokuh.rofuku.go.jp
authors.forename: Hisakazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Mitsuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suetake
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Numata
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohyama
authors.forename: Shun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sagai
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okitsu
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Toshimitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: 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