Serologic examinations in acute appendicitis.
Authors studied the formation of endotoxic antibody level in healthy adults and in patients with appendicitis with a technique (indirect haemagglutination) not used till now. They found the antibody level against endotoxin to be increased in 91% of their patients in the postoperative period. Decrease in the antibody level against endotoxin was observed in two patients with gangrenous appendicitis and two patients with perforated appendicitis. Summarizing their results, authors consider mixed (aerobic, anaerobic) infection to be of decisive importance in the development of acute appendicitis, contributing to the weakened immune response of the host.
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University Medical School, Hungary.
Kocsis
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Jeges
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Hideg
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Tornoczky
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000276:immunology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012475:Salmonella / Q000276:immunology; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004731:Endotoxins