title: Immunoprofile studies in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. III. Study of haemolytic complement in serum and phagocytic activity of blood neutrophils.
abstract: The total level of haemolytic complement in serum, and the phagocytic activity of blood neutrophils were found to be significantly increased in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis prior to treatment. A relationship could not, however, be demonstrated between the elevation in the two studied values and the extent of tuberculous changes in the lungs of the patients.
mesh_terms: D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D003165:Complement System Proteins