title: [IMPACT OF CHLAMYDIA INFECTION ON THE SEVERITY OF BRONCHOOBSTRUCTIVE SYNDROME IN CHILDREN].
abstract: Eighty-four 2-to-15-year-old children with recurrent obstructive bronchitis were followed up. According to the etiological factor, the patients were divided into 2 groups. The types of the clinical course of the disease, the specific features of manifestations of bronchial obstruction syndrome, cellular and humoral immunity, and phagocytosis are presented. Suppression of cellular immunity, was found mainly in patients with Chlamydia infection.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013223:Statistics as Topic