Affiliation:
1. Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems
Abstract
Introduction. Respiratory diseases occupy a leading place in the structure of pathology of childhood. The proportion of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections among all infectious diseases is 90 %. The literature describes gender differences in the immune response to respiratory infections in children, but there is a gap in the description of the cytokine profile in children with influenza depending on gender and age.The aim. To analyze clinical and laboratory parameters as well as cytokine profile parameters in children with influenza.Materials and methods. A single-stage descriptive study was conducted with the participation of 50 children from 1 to 11 years of age with a diagnosis of influenza who were on inpatient treatment at the Irkutsk Regional Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital from December 2018 to January 2019. The clinical and laboratory features of the course of influenza in children, the duration of treatment were determined. The concentration of cytokines interleukin (IL) 1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interferon alpha and gamma (INF-α, INF-γ) in blood plasma was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using diagnostic test systems manufactured by Vector-Best (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation) on the analyzer Multiscan EX (Thermo Electron, Germany).The control group consisted of practically healthy children without signs of acute respiratory viral infection (n = 50; mean age 5.3 ± 2.6 years).Results. When comparing clinical and laboratory data and cytokine profile parameters in children with influenza, no gender differences were found. There was a statistically significant increase in the level of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, INF-α, as well as CRP, anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-4 in influenza in all age categories, in contrast to the control group (p < 0.05).Conclusion. Influenza in children of different sexes proceeds classically without a statistical difference in clinical and laboratory parameters and in the level of cytokines.
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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