[Status of local reproductive tract immunity in men with inflammatory diseases of the reproductive system].
The clinico-immunological study of 80 patients with chronic prostatitis of different etiology was carried out. As controls, 20 healthy adult males were used. Mucous membranes of the reproductive tract were found to have different mechanisms of antimicrobial protection whose disturbances led to the inflammatory process. The clinico-immunological analysis carried out in the course of this study made it possible to state that, in contrast to healthy adults, pronounced changes in the characteristics of the local immunity status of the reproductive system occur in chronic prostatitis patients.
State Medical Academy, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000276:immunology*