DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE RATES FOR GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGENS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC DELIRIUM COMPLICATED BY PNEUMONIA

Authors

  • T. V. Lukyanenko

Keywords:

pneumonia, alcoholic delirium, group A Streptococcus, antistreptolysin O, antihy¬aluronidase, complement, lisozyme

Abstract

The article presents the research results of the antistreptolysin O, antihyaluronidase, complement, and lysozyme levels in patients with alcoholic delirium complicated and not complicated by community-acquired pneumonia. Antistreptolysin O and antihyaluronidase levels in patients with pneumonia are above the norm and correlated with the severity of community-acquired pneumonia course. The complement and lysozyme titers are below the norm. We consider this to arise from the prolonged course of alcoholism, frequent bacte­rial complications caused by associations of mircroorganisms, including Streptococcus sp. The bacterial complications for this category of patients are caused by the microflora with a considerable level of antilysozyme and anticomplementary activity. The data we obtained may be used for prognosticating the infectious complications in patients with alcoholic delirium.

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No. 21 (2011)

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Clinical research

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DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE RATES FOR GROUP A STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGENS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC DELIRIUM COMPLICATED BY PNEUMONIA. (2015). The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series "Medicine", 21, 66-71. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/medicine/article/view/6898