[The structural and functional status of the immune system in pre-school children infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis].
Sixty children infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT), aged 3 to 5 years were followed up in the period before specific chemotherapy. The studies established structural and functional changed in the immune system in young MBT-infected children. Moreover, the disorders found in immune homeostasis were of combined nature. This circumstance should be taken into account in elaborating immune rehabilitative programs for this group of patients.
Kurtasova
L M
LM
Prakhin
E I
EI
Shakina
N A
NA
Gorbacheva
N N
NN
Leshchenko
O A
OA
D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000097:blood; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control
D015703:Antigens, CD; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M