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Original Article
Antibody response to pneumococcal vaccination in children with chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis
Ji Hyeon Baek, Hyun Kyong Seo, Hye Mi Jee, Youn Ho Shin, Man Yong Han, Eun Sang Oh, Hyun Ju Lee, Kyung Hyo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2013;56(7):286-290.   Published online July 19, 2013
Purpose

Although chronic and recurrent rhinosinusitis is prevalent in children, little is known about its causes. Here, we investigated the humoral immunity in children with chronic or recurrent rhinosinusitis.

Methods

We examined 16 children attending the outpatient clinic at the CHA Bundang Medical Center including 11 boys and 5 girls, aged 3.11 years (mean age, 5.6 years), who had rhinosinusitis for >3 months...