title: [Chronic posttraumatic ostemyelitis. 3. Immunopathological aspects].
abstract: 3. Immunological aspects 90 patients suffering from chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis were examined immunologically. In 10-20% of the patients serum immunoglobulin levels were changed. Only 45% of the patients with staphylococcal infection had a positive anti-staphylolysin titer. In 10% of the patients so-called wound-specific antibodies were demonstrated; their possible autoimmune origin is discussed. A comparison of three groups of patients according to the immunological reactivity "hypoimmune", "humoral hyper-immune" and "cellular hyperimmune" showed that the worst clinical courses were observed in patinets with established delayed type hypersensitivity.
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001323:Autoantibodies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001323:Autoantibodies; D007075:Immunoglobulin M
vernacular_title: Chronische posttraumatische Osteomyelitis 3. Immunpathologische Aspekte