Postinfluenza bacterial pneumonia: Host defenses gone awry
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Influenza is a common respiratory pathogen causing both seasonal and pandemic disease. Influenza infection predisposes the host to secondary bacterial infection of the respiratory tract, which is a major cause of both morbidity and mortality in flu-related disease. In this review, we will discuss innate and adaptive antiviral responses during influenza infection, and review how these responses modulate protective immunity against secondary bacterial pathogens of the lung. Specific emphasis will be placed on implications of bacterial superinfection and mechanisms involved.
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The greater morbidity and mortality associated with influenza in older people occur because dysregulation in the immune response predisposes them to secondary bacterial infection of the respiratory tract (e.g., bronchitis and bacterial pneumonia).
“The greater morbidity and mortality associated with influenza in this age group occur because dysregulation in the immune response predisposes them to secondary bacterial infection of the respiratory tract (e.g., bronchitis and bacterial pneumonia) [68].”
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- Authors
- Ballinger, M. N., & Standiford, T. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-09
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 643-652
- ISSN
- 1079-9907 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7465
- PMC
- PMC4367524
- OpenAlex
- W2005388865
- Cited by
- 103
- References
- 68
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- FWCI
- 0.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL097564, R01HL057243)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › interferon and immune responses
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
- Keywords
- influenza, bacterial pneumonia, secondary bacterial infection, superinfection, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, antiviral response, host defense, respiratory infections, influenza-associated pneumonia
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Lung, Orthomyxoviridae Infections, Risk, United States, Superinfection, Immunocompromised Host, Pneumonia, Bacterial, Adaptive Immunity
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