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Concentrations of endotoxin and cytokines in MEEs from patients with or without AOM prior to OME
| Prior AOM | Patient | No. of cases | Mean concn (pg/mgTP) ± SD of:
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| MIF | IL-1β | TNF-α | Endotoxin | |||
| Present | Adult | 8 | 3,095.3 ± 7,807.4 | 250.9 ± 518.2 | 79.5 ± 192.9 | 44.0 ± 51.2 |
| Child | 6 | 7,745.1 ± 16,616.5 | 35.4 ± 71.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 78.5 ± 121.5 | |
| Absent | Adult | 87 | 1,317.4 ± 8,901.5 | 0.2 ± 0.7 | 0.1 ± 0.5 | 170.9 ± 501.9 |
| Child | 5 | 614.6 ± 403.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 10.5 ± 8.2 | |
