Low antibody response against tuberculous glycolipid (TBGL) in elderly gastrectomised tuberculosis patients.
To evaluate differences in anti-tuberculous glycolipid (TBGL) antibody titers in patients who developed tuberculosis (TB) with and without gastrectomy, 11 gastrectomised patients who developed TB after surgery (GS-TB), 19 TB patients without any other complications (TB), 12 gastrectomised patients who did not develop TB after surgery (GS) and 27 healthy subjects (H) with normal findings on chest X-ray were evaluated, although there were no differences in the clinical findings at admission between the TB and GS-TB groups. The assay used here allowed us to find low anti-TBGL antibody titers in GS-TB patients.
Ashino
J
J
Division of Infectious and Respiratory Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Ashino
Y
Y
Guio
H
H
Saitoh
H
H
Mizusawa
M
M
Hattori
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012307:Risk Factors; D013270:Stomach / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D006017:Glycolipids