title: [Chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages in pneumonia].
abstract: Chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages was examined in 45 patients with and without immunodeficiency. Some of these patients were suffering from pneumonia. Chemiluminescence was reduced in patients with immunosuppression compared to those with normal immunofunction. Although this parameter of macrophage function was on the whole increased in pneumonia, the patients with a weak immunodefense presented with a markedly reduced increase in chemiluminescence. This explains why opportunistic infections occur in such numbers if there is an immunodeficiency.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik Bonn.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Dohmen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Loos
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000009:adverse effects; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000276:immunology*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000276:immunology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001379:Azathioprine
vernacular_title: Chemilumineszenz von Alveolarmakrophagen bei Pneumonie.