Recurrence of middle ear infection can be prevented by boosting levels of antimicrobial proteins that are already there, as well as eliminating bacteria's DNA The finding came from a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital who set out to observe how an immune defense protein commonly found in the middle ear communicates with a structure that secures a community of bacteria. The bacterium is called nontypeable Haemophilus influenza (NTHI) and is responsible for a variety of diseases of both the lower and upper airways, such as middle ear infection...
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