RESUMEN
The blood vitamin A and carotene content in normal children and the ones suffering from Lambia-induced cholecystitis was studied. In the sick children examinations were made in dynamics before and after administration of antilambliasis drugs and vitamin A ingested in an oil solution. In patients with Lamblia-induced cholecystitis the vitamin A and carotene content was found to be down by comparison with controls, this pointing to a deranged vitamin A and carotene metabolism in the organism of such patients. Upon instituting pathogenetic therapy and keeping the prescrived diet the vitamin A and carotene concentration in all these patients approached the normality.
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Carotenoides/sangre , Colecistitis/sangre , Giardiasis/sangre , Vitamina A/sangre , Adolescente , Niño , Preescolar , Colecistitis/etiología , Enfermedad Crónica , Femenino , Giardiasis/complicaciones , Humanos , Masculino , Vitamina A/uso terapéuticoRESUMEN
The E-rosette-forming capacity of neutrophils and T-lymphocyte counts in the peripheral blood of 21 patients suffering from persistent giardiasis (PG) were found. A control group included 29 healthy persons. The patients with PG showed a significant increase in the count of early and late E-rosette-forming neutrophils along with a substantial decrease in the count of T-lymphocytes, which is indicative of an inflammatory process located mainly in the gallbladder. It is concluded that according to the neutrophil counts, immunodeficiency may not be regarded as a factor predisposing to PG.
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Giardiasis/inmunología , Neutrófilos/inmunología , Adulto , Humanos , Síndromes de Inmunodeficiencia/inmunología , Recuento de Leucocitos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Recurrencia , Formación de Roseta , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
Fifty patients suffering from persistent giardiasis and 257 healthy persons from Uzbekistan were examined. HLA-typing was carried out by the Terasaki microlymphocytotoxicity technique. The patients with persistent giardiasis were characterized as a significant prevalence of HLA-B5, HLA-B14, HLA-DR3, DR4, DR7 and haplotypes HLA-A9-B5 and A1-B5. These haplotypes and HLA antigens can be considered as markers of predisposition to persistent giardiasis.