Eosinophil cationic protein in nasopharyngeal secretions and serum of infants infected with respiratory syncytial virus
Colocho Zelaya EA;Orvell C;Strannegård O;;
pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the european society of pediatric allergy and immunology1994Vol. 5pp. -
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ea1994pediatriceosinophil
Abstract
Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) was assayed in nasopharyngeal secretion (NPS) and serum from 42 infants, hospitalized with acute lower respiratory infection, in El Salvador and the results analyzed in relation to etiology of the infection. ECP concentrations were high in NPS, at an average 50 time …