Relationship mbetween immune response and clinical manifestations in patients with tuberculosis
Braz. j. med. biol. res
; 25(1): 49-52, 1992. tab
Article
in En
| LILACS
| ID: lil-108999
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RESUMO
Cutaneous reactivityy to purified protein derivative (PPD) and antibody levels were investigated in 122 adults and 28 children with tuberculosis. IgG anti-PPD levelks (measured by ELISA and reported as absorbance at 405 nm) were higher in adult patients with the disease for more than one year (0.533 ñ 0.391, N=38 vs 0.224 ñ 0.256, n+50 in patients with the disease for less than one year) as well as inn children with disseminated tuberculosis (0.138 ñ 0.137, N=11, vs 0.072 ñ 0.55, N=15 in children with localized disease). The cut-off values (mean + 2SD) for healthy children and adults were 0.09 and 0.22 absorbance at 405 nm. In both adult and pediatric patients, cutaneous reactivity to PPD was inversely correlated with antibody levels. The present data provide additional evidence for the existence of an unstable spectrum of immune response in tuberculosis patients in whom changes in clinical situation are dynamic
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Index:
LILACS
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Child
/
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA
Year:
1992
Type:
Article