[Neutrophilic and lymphocytic factors of an immune response in renal tuberculosis].

Fifty-eight patients with nephrotuberculosis at its peak were found to have a high functional activity of neutrophilic granulocytes, as determined by the lysosomal cation test, by the levels of myeloperoxidase and lactoferrin. The subpopulation of lymphocytes, concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-2 (IL-2), as well as those of IL-2 in a combination with its soluble receptor (SR-2) in the serum and supernatant of cellular cultures stimulated by phytohemagglutitin and PPD were studied. The findings suggest that there is a close correlation between the high concentrations of IL-2 and PP-alpha and the decreased content of activated lymphocytes expressing receptors to IL-2 (CD25+).

[Surgery on tuberculosis lymphatic system and abdominal organs].

The paper presents data on surgery for tuberculosis of the lymphatics and abdominal organs. Removal of tuberculosis-affected peripheral lymph nodes during etiotropic therapy yields positive therapeutical results in 84.6% of patients.

[Experience in standardization of immunological diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis].

An uniform multi-levelled approach to immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis of different sites is proposed with regard to latest information on the local immune response based on the detection of tuberculosis antibodies in blood and biological fluids from anatomic lesion areas. If necessary, immunological diagnosis is specified by using a set of serological tests and Koch's provocative test, as well as data on specific T-lymphocyte proliferation.

[Clinical and immunogenetic aspects of children with local and multiple forms of primary tuberculosis].

Immunogenetic examination of 146 preschool children with local and multiple tuberculous lesions and 148 controls found out the key role of unfavourable premorbid background (low-quality BCG vaccine, family contacts, associated diseases) in the disease onset. General trends in systemic immunity shifts are characterized. These depend on the age, inflammation phase, severity of clinical symptoms.