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The paper deals with:
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the protein concentration in the perilymph (PL), the serum and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF),
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the protein pattern in the PL and
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histological findings in the middle and inner ear in unilaterally ear-infected guinea pigs. The studies were performed 6 h to 21 days post infectionem (Fig. 1). The pathological changes in the middle ear, which, in most cases, were limited to the infected ear, were initially evaluated under the operating microscope and divided into 4 stages. The analytical and histological results were presented as functions of these stages.
As the inflammation intensity increased, the protein concentration in the PL of the infected ears increased to a level exceeding that of the normal value more than ten times (Fig. 2). However, in the serum and in the CSF this concentration remained unchanged. Likewise, no significant protein increase in the PL of the contralateral ears was detectable in most cases.
As the inflammation intensity increased, the number of the precipitation lines detectable immunoelectrophoretically increased in the PL of the infected ears (Fig. 3). An increase in the α 1- and γ-globulins and a decrease in Albumin was found by electrophoresis on cellulose acetate strips (Tab. 3).
The histological findings correlated with initially established inflammatory stages of the middle ear mucous membrane (Tab. 4). As the inflammation intensity increased, the round window, too, was changed pathologically, so that in some cases of purulent otitis media middle ear secretion could enter the cochlea. The protein increase in the PL immediately after the infection is probably due to an increase in the blood vessel permeability in the inner ear.
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Hache, U., Gerhardt, H.J., Scheibe, F. et al. Otitis media und Kochlea Morphologische und biochemische Untersuchungen am Meerschweinchen. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 214, 49–61 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00455108
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