抽象
急性喘息发作是在婴儿期严重的下呼吸道感染最常见的功能。呼吸道合胞病毒(RSV)是主要的致病因素。为了研究炎症时急性婴幼儿喘息发作,我们要评估的可行性和咽分泌物的诱导作用。因此,我们比较了27名婴幼儿急性发作喘息与患RSV感染(RSV +)和18名婴幼儿急性发作喘息无患RSV感染(RSV-)咽分泌物中炎症标志物。咽分泌物通过理疗用等渗盐水回收。该过程的安全性进行了仔细的检查。咽分泌物用二硫苏糖均匀。总细胞和嗜酸性粒进行计数并测定嗜酸细胞阳离子蛋白(ECP)和组胺的水平。咽分泌的诱导总是很好的耐受性。嗜酸性粒细胞存在五个RSV +七名RSV-患者。 ECP levels were not significantly different between the groups. Histamine levels after protein adjustment were significantly increased in RSV+ patients (p<0.01) in comparison to RSV- patients. In this study, we have shown, that pharyngeal secretion can be safely recovered from infants suffering from acute wheezing episodes, and that it can be analysed for enumeration of inflammatory cells and measurement of inflammatory mediators.