title: [Functional activity of blood leukocytes in the presence of traumatic lesions of the spinal cord].
abstract: A clinico-immonologic examination of 58 patients with traumatic lesion of the spinal cord was undertaken to ascertain the condition of the phagocytic activity of the peripheral blood neutrophils, one of the indices of natural immunity. For comprehensive appraisal of the leucocyte functional activity, not only the absorptive but also the digestive function of neutrophils was studied. Analysis of the results shows that a severe cerebrospinal trauma leads to diminution of the organism's protective forces. This is reflected in marked and long-term changes in the studied indices of the phagocytic reaction. The changes discovered were particularly conspicuous in patients with generalized infectious complications (urosepsis) and extensive infected bed sores.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Funktsional'naia aktivnost' leĭkotsitov krovi pri travmaticheskom porazhenii spinnogo mozga.