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Antibody response to Pneumococcal vaccination as related to tonsillectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Stjernquist-Desatnik  and
K. Prellner
A. Stjernquist-Desatnik*
Affiliation:
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
K. Prellner
Affiliation:
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
*
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund (Sweden).
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Abstract

In each of twelve matched pairs of patients undergoing tonsillectomy one patient was vaccinated with Pneumovax®, a pneumococcal polysaccharide antigen, prior to tonsillectomy, the other patient being vaccinated after tonsillectomy. Sera were tested for antibody response to three different pneumococcal types of IgG, IgA andIgM classes. The patients with intact tonsils at vaccination did not develop higher antibody response than did those tonsillectomised prior to vaccination. On the contrary, in the case of pneumococcus type 6A, the IgM antibody response in tonsillectomised patients was significantly higher than that in patients with intact tonsils at vaccination (p = 0.021). Thus, the present study did not support the notion thattonsillectomy affects antibody response against pneumococcal vaccination. The palatine tonsils' role as an immunologically reactive organ is also discussed.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 10 , October 1988 , pp. 883 - 885
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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