Kaplan Edward L
Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2011;72:129-31. doi: 10.1159/000324659. Epub 2011 Aug 18.
While very common clinically, group A streptococcal infections of the upper respiratory tract remain incompletely understood. Vital to clarifying these incompletely answered questions is the understanding of the immune responses associated with infection and the enigmatic 'carrier state'. An important aspect of this is understanding the differences between an immune response and a protective immune response. Several of these concerns are discussed.
虽然A组链球菌引起的上呼吸道感染在临床上非常常见，但我们对其仍未完全了解。了解与感染相关的免疫反应以及神秘的“带菌状态”对于澄清这些尚未完全解答的问题至关重要。其中一个重要方面是理解免疫反应和保护性免疫反应之间的差异。本文将讨论其中的几个问题。
