[Determination of neutrophil function in respiratory infection by chemiluminescence (CL). II: Changes in neutrophil's CL by chemotherapy against chronic lower tract infection].
Neutrophil's CL (CL-index) in were assayed in 18 patients with chronic lower tract infection (13 cases in the exacerbated phase and five cases in the stable phase) three times per case: before, during and after chemotherapy. Before the initiation of chemotherapy, the CL-index.N (neutrophil numbers x CL-index) in patients with exacerbation remained higher than in those without exacerbation. At the exacerbated phase, the CL-index of nine patients and the CL-index.N of 10 patients fell lower than those obtained before treatment. AT the stable phase, the CL-index and the CL-index.N did not change remarkably during and after chemotherapy.
Takeuchi
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Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University.
Sawaki
M
M
Mikasa
K
K
Konishi
M
M
Maeda
K
K
Sakamoto
M
M
Tsujimoto
M
M
Hamada
K
K
Kunimatsu
M
M
Narita
N
N
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*