[The specific features of immunity and immunological responsiveness in elderly and senile patients with tuberculous pleurisy].
The paper gives the results of immunological and clinical studies made in 162 elderly and senile patients with tuberculous exudative pleurisy and a control group of 162 tuberculous pleurisy aged 20-40 years. The elderly and senile patients were found to have more significant immunological responsiveness impairments, suppressed T-cell immunity, and inhibited pleural granulomatous reactions than in the young patients. These alterations substantially worsen the course and outcome of the disease and require im munological correction.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000276:immunology*