STATE OF HUMORAL IMMUNITY IN PATIENTS WITH CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA IN NEWBORN CHILDREN

Аннотация

Chlamydial pneumonia remains one of the most common and severe diseases of the respiratory system in children [8]. The main direction of scientific research is the timely determination of the etiological factor, features of clinical manifestations, the state of humoral immunity, their relationship, and the development of pathogenetic methods of treatment for pneumonia in children. Currently, convincing data have been accumulated on the important role of the immune system in the formation and development of pneumonia in children. The purpose of the scientific research was to study the state of humoral immunity in case of chlamydial pneumonia in newborns. Materials and methods of research: to establish the relationship with indicators of humoral immunity, 80 children with pneumonia were examined, divided into 2 groups: Group I - 40 patients with community-acquired pneumonia of typical etiology, Group II - 40 patients with chlamydial pneumonia. The study showed that the indicators of humoral immunity in patients with chlamydial pneumonia were significantly higher than normal, indicating increased activity of the inflammatory process during development and can serve as a criterion for early immunodiagnostics of the disease.