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The Utilization of Oropharyngeal Intratracheal PAMP Administration and Bronchoalveolar Lavage to Evaluate the Host Immune Response in Mice
Published on: April 2, 2014
[The body's adaptation and responsiveness and their impact on the outcome of exudative pleuritis]
Abstract:
The authors studied homeostasis in 182 patients, including 126 patients with exudative pleuritis of tuberculous etiology and 56 with parapneumonic pleuritis. They determined the adaptive reactions of the body by the leukograms and the types of its responsiveness, established their relationship with other homeostatic parameters. Impaired responsiveness in patients with exudative pleuritis substantially affected the efficiency of etiotropic treatment. At the end of the basic course of therapy, the rate of marked residual pleural changes was 84.6% in patients with tuberculous pleuritis (Subgroup 1). Activation pathogenetic therapy with methyluracil promoted a reduction in the number of patients with significant residual pleural changes (32.8% in Subgroup 2).
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