title: [Specific antitubercular immunity in patients with tuberculosis and other pulmonary abnormality: diagnostic value of its study].
abstract: A hundred and seventy one patients with revealed rounded lung formations of tuberculous and non-tuberculous origins were examined. Mycobacterial antigens, cellular antituberculosis immunity, and antituberculosis antigens were determined. Cellular sensitization to mycobacterial antigens was found to develop in about 50% of patients with round lung formations of tuberculous origin. This sensitization to PPD was more revealed by BTR rather than by TMR. At the same time, the latter is positive in healthy donors and in patients with non-tuberculous abnormality. Finally it can be concluded that cell tests are little suitable for immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis. It was also ascertained that determination of antituberculosis antigens and antigenemia might be a important component of examinations of patients with rounded lung formations in order to make a differential diagnosis of tuberculosis and non-tuberculous abnormality as with their determination, high sensitivity and specificity of appropriate tests can be achieved. These tests are more informative for the immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis than that of infiltrative tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Kirghiz State Medical Institute, Bishkek.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Adambekov
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kurmanov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Baenskií
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Litvinov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000032:analysis; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014373:Tuberculin