[Immune system function in patients with acute pyelonephritis].

V E Driianskaia

PubMed · 9491704

[Immune system function in patients with acute pyelonephritis].

Abstract

As many as 296 patients with acute pyelonephritis were evaluated for parameters characterizing their immunological status. The results were as follows: decreased levels of T-lymphocytes, T-helpers, and immunoregulatory index in 42%, 87% and 72% respectively. In normal indices of spontaneous test with nitroblue tetrazolium stimulated below the norm was in 71% of cases. A study involving the use of monoclonal antibodies revealed no changes in the EK-cells counts, while their functional activity was decreased in 52% of patients. The functional activity of lymphocytes in the reaction of blast transformation in response to phytohemagglutinin and PWM was running down in 83% and 75% of cases respectively. With high levels of blood serum IgA and IgM the number of the immune complexes was noted to be on the increases in 68% of patients. The level of spontaneous productions of IL-1 was normal whereas that of IL-2 elevated, with the stimulated production of there mediators in AP patients being significantly below the norm.

Explore related subjects

Acute Disease Antibody Formation Humans Immune System Immunity, Cellular Interleukin-1 Interleukin-2 Lymphocyte Count Lymphocytes Pyelonephritis Comparative Study Journal Article

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeX RIS

V E Driianskaia. [Immune system function in patients with acute pyelonephritis].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9491704/

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.

KEEP EXPLORING

Related citations

PubMed2008

The effect of acute pain crisis on exhaled nitric oxide levels in children with sickle cell disease.

Exhaled nitric oxide (FE(NO)) has been shown to be decreased in children with sickle cell disease. We sought to evaluate the effect of sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) on FE(NO) levels. We measured FE(NO) levels in 42 children with sickle cell disease, 29 in their baseline health and 13 during an acute VOC. There was no difference in FE(NO) levels between children at baseline (15.12 +/- 9.32 ppb) and those during an acute VOC (15.68 +/- 7.26 ppb; P = 0.794). FE(NO) is not a useful marker of acute VOC in children with sickle cell disease.

Acute Disease↗

PubMed2008

[Megadolichobasilar anomaly causing acute deafness with vertigo].

Megadolichobasilar anomaly, a dilatant arteriopathy of the basilar artery attributable to chronic arterial hypertension, can cause cranial nerve compression syndromes of the cerebellopontine angle or infarcts of the vertebrobasilar circulation. In this paper, we report on a patient with known megadolichobasilar anomaly and a partially thrombosed fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery, who presented with acute-onset vertigo and subsequent deafness due to thromboembolic occlusion of the labyrinthine artery. Because of the vascular origin of the patient's symptoms, his vertigo disappeared over time while the deafness persisted.

Acute Disease↗

PubMed2008

Retrieval of a leaflet escaped in a Tri-technologies bileaflet mechanical prosthetic valve.

The escape of the prosthetic heart valve disc is one of the causes of prosthetic dysfunction that requires emergency surgery. The removal of the embolized disc should be carried out because of the risk of a progressive extrusion on the aortic wall. Several imaging techniques can be used for the detection of the missing disc localization. In this report we describe a 32-year-old man who underwent mitral valve replacement with a Tri-technologies bileaflet valve three years ago, and was admitted in cardiogenic shock. Transesophageal echocardiography showed acute-onset massive mitral regurgitation. The patient underwent emergency replacement of the prosthetic valve. Only one of the two leaflets remained in the removed prosthetic valve. The missing leaflet could not be found within the cardiac cavity. The abdominal fluoroscopic study and plain radiography were unable to detect the escaped leaflet. The abdominal computed tomography scan and the ultrasound showed the escaped leaflet in the terminal portion of the aortic bifurcation. To retrieve the embolized disc laparotomy and aortotomy were performed three months later. The escaped leaflet shows a fracture of one of the pivot systems caused by structural failure. This kind of failure mode is usually the result of high stress concentration.

Acute Disease↗