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Skin response to delayed hypersensitivity testing in persons with unilateral stroke-related paresis: implications for people with spinal cord injury.
J Spinal Cord Med
October 2007
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Background: Vaccination rates among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) could be improved if it can be shown that vaccination performed on insensate areas is effective. This would eliminate the the risk of discomfort and soreness at the injection site.
Objective: To determine whether immune responsiveness varies between areas with intact and impaired innervation in patients with stroke-related paresis.
Influences of distress and alcohol consumption on the development of a delayed-type hypersensitivity skin test response.
Psychosom Med
December 2004
School of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797 Penrith South DC, NSW, 1797 Australia.
Objective: This paper reports the effects of naturally occurring levels of distress on the development of delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) skin test responses. These in vivo measures provide a biologically relevant assessment of cellular immune competence.
Methods: Subjects (N = 166) were immunized (baseline) with the novel antigen, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), and DTH skin test responses against KLH were assessed 3 weeks later (follow-up).
In-vivo cell mediated immunity in elite swimmers in response to training.
J Sci Med Sport
March 2004
Hunter Area Pathology Service, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
This study investigated in-vivo cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses in elite swimmers over a 5-month training season, to assess the impact of intense training on changes in T-lymphocyte function. The CMI Multitest was performed early in the season after a period of rest, during peak high-intensity training, and late in the season during the precompetition taper period. The CMI tests were performed at rest prior to a morning training session.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnalysis of the clinical profile, autoimmune phenomena and T cell subsets (CD4 and CD8) in Takayasu's arteritis: a hospital-based study.
Clin Exp Rheumatol
April 2004
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait.
Objective: To evaluate clinical and immunological abnormalities in patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TA) from India, with particular reference to autoimmune perturbations and abnormalities in T cell subsets (CD4 and CD8 cells).
Methods: 16 consecutive patients with TA (11 females and 5 males) underwent clinical and laboratory evaluation inclusive of flow cytometric analysis of T cell subsets (CD4 and CD8). A control population of 94 age- and sex-matched blood donors was used to determine the normal T cell subsets.
Common infectious diseases and skin test anergy in children from an urban slum in northeast Brazil.
Braz J Infect Dis
December 2003
Clinical Research Unit, University Hospital Walter Cantídio, Fortaleza, Brazil.
Background: Acute respiratory infection (ARI), diarrheal disease (DD) and infective dermatitis (ID) are important causes of morbidity in children under five, in Northeast Brazil.
Objectives: (a) to evaluate the morbidity of ARI, DD and ID; and (b) to determine their association with cellular immunity in poor urban children from Fortaleza, Brazil.
Materials And Methods: A prospective cohort study.
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