title: [Determination of neutrophil function in respiratory infection by chemiluminescence (CL). II: Changes in neutrophil's CL by chemotherapy against chronic lower tract infection].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Second Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikasa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunimatsu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narita
mesh_terms: 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*