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Cell mediated and humoral immunity in chronic suppurative otitis media

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The present study was carried out on 75 patients suffering from chronic otitis media and 25 healthy age and sex matched controls. The T. rosette percentage were depressed in malnouirished immunity (CMI), but once malnutrition was treated the CMI was improved. Anergy to challenge does of 2 : 4 DNCB was not observed in any groups. Weak response was observed in 4% of controls, 18.7% of chronic otitis media patients and 5.7% of post treatment cases. Serum IgG, IgA and IgM levels were elevated in chronic otitis media patients from controls but once the infections were eliminated by treatment their values became insignificant (p 0.05) from controls.

Presence of Malnutrition significantly contributed to suppression of CMI response but no suppression of humoral immunity was observed.

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  1. Department of E. N. T., Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

    M. K. Agarwal & S. P. Rai

  2. Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

    R. M. Gupta

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Agarwal, M.K., Rai, S.P. & Gupta, R.M. Cell mediated and humoral immunity in chronic suppurative otitis media. IJO & HNS 46, 78–82 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048876

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