title: [Effect of cefodizime on cellular immunity in patients with lung cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the enhancing effect of cefodizime on cellular immunity of patients with lung cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  The parameters of cellular immunity in blood and pulmonary alveoli were investigated in 45 patients with lung cancer complicated with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and 10 non-cancer patients with LRTI. Nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reaction of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN), the percentage of natural killer (NK) cells, and that of CD4+ cells, ratio of CD4+/CD8+ in peripheral blood, OD value of alveolar macrophages phagocyting neutral red, and IL-1 beta (ng/L) in broncho-alveolar lavage flind (BALF) were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The parameters examined in cancer patients with LRTI were significantly improved after cefodizime treatment, approaching to those seen in non-cancer patients with LRTI. The therapeutic results were better in patients treated with cifodizime than in patients treated with ceftriaxonum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cefodizime is a better choice of antibiotic for the treatment of lung cancer complicated with lower respiratory tract infection. Its enhancing effect on systemic and local immune functions plays a role.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Respiratory Diseases, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; D002439:Cefotaxime; C033356:cefodizime