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  • Title: [Immunological parameters and mycobacterial biological properties in infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis].
    Author: Sakharova IIa, Ariél' BM, Skvortsova lA, Knoring BE, Vishnevskiĭ BI, Aleshina GM, Kokriakov VN.
    Journal: Probl Tuberk Bolezn Legk; 2005; (11):14-8. PubMed ID: 16405086.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-one patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis were clinically and immunologically examined. A relationship was found between the definite immunological parameters and the biological properties of mycobacteria. The higher viability of mycobacteria and the increase in the drug resistance have been shown to be associated with the decreased activity of lymphocytes and the suppressed production of interleukin-2, which suggests a decrease in the activity of type 1 T helper cells and a significant increase in the synthesis of tuberculosis antibodies with the lower serum concentrations of circulating immune complexes. This is an informative indicator of a severe specific process, as previously established. Moreover, the authors show certain differences in the changes of immunological parameters in patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis with varying mycobacterial properties. Thus, the results of the performed study make investigators pay a particular attention to the immunopathogenetic value of the biological properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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