Aspects of humoral and cellular immunity in asthmatics.
Grove et al of Australia studied humoral and cellular immunity in 91 asthmatic patients and found that 18% failed to have an adequate humoral response to a booster dose of tetanus and 9% failed to react to five delayed type hypersensitivity testing antigens. The authors, Gaillard and Larkin, were unable to corroborate these results in their office.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology; D007109:Immunity; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000494:pharmacology
D013745:Tetanus Toxoid