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dc.contributor.authorFear, V.
dc.contributor.authorBoyd, James
dc.contributor.authorRea, S.
dc.contributor.authorWood, F.
dc.contributor.authorDuke, J.
dc.contributor.authorFear, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-17T08:30:07Z
dc.date.available2017-03-17T08:30:07Z
dc.date.created2017-02-19T19:31:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationFear, V. and Boyd, J. and Rea, S. and Wood, F. and Duke, J. and Fear, M. 2017. Burn injury leads to increased long-term susceptibility to respiratory infection in both mouse models and population studies. PLoS One. 12 (1): e0169302.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51260
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0169302
dc.description.abstract

Background: Burn injury initiates an acute inflammatory response that subsequently drives wound repair. However, acute disruption to the immune response is also common, leading to susceptibility to sepsis and increased morbidity and mortality. Despite increased understanding of the impact of burn injury on the immune system in the acute phase, little is known about longterm consequences of burn injury on immune function. This study was established to determine whether burn injury has long-term clinical impacts on patients' immune responses. Methods: Using a population-based retrospective longitudinal study and linked hospital morbidity and death data from Western Australia, comparative rates of hospitalisation for respiratory infections in burn patients and a non-injured comparator cohort were assessed. In addition, a mouse model of non-severe burn injury was also used in which viral respiratory infection was induced at 4 weeks post-injury using a mouse modified version of the Influenza A virus (H3NN; A/mem/71-a). Results and conclusions: The burn injured cohort contained 14893 adult patients from 1980-2012 after removal of those patients with evidence of smoke inhalation or injury to the respiratory tract. During the study follow-up study a total of 2,884 and 2,625 respiratory infection hospital admissions for the burn and uninjured cohorts, respectively, were identified. After adjusting for covariates, the burn cohort experienced significantly elevated admission rates for influenza and viral pneumonia (IRR, 95%CI: 1.73, 1.27-2.36), bacterial pneumonia (IRR, 95%CI: 2.05, 1.85-2.27) and for other types of upper and lower respiratory infections (IRR, 95% CI: 2.38, 2.09-2.71). In the mouse study an increased viral titre was observed after burn injury, accompanied by a reduced CD8 response and increased NK and NKT cells in the draining lymph nodes. This data suggests burn patients are at long-term increased risk of infection due to sustained modulation of the immune response.

dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleBurn injury leads to increased long-term susceptibility to respiratory infection in both mouse models and population studies
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.titlePLoS One
curtin.departmentCentre for Population Health Research
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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