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[The pathophysiology and immune response to broncho-pulmonary bacterial infections (author's transl)]

Rev Fr Mal Respir. 1982;10(1):31-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82198881
Perrin-Fayolle M

Abstract: This study is in two parts. The first is devoted to a brief reminder of those situations in which pathogenic microbes invade the respiratory tract and is concerned with: the rapid elimination of the pathogen, thanks to the intervention of the first line of defence of the lung; a delayed elimination which sets in action complementary mechanisms inducing an inflammatory response; the overflow of the defence system with the development of the infectious illness. The second part is devoted to a review of the causes of failure of the defence mechanisms against the microbes. Two series of events are discussed: first constitutional immune deficiency and secondly acquired deficiencies.
Keywords: Antibody Formation Bacterial Infections/IMMUNOLOGY Chemotaxis Complement English Abstract Human Immunity, Cellular Immunologic Diseases/COMPLICATIONS Inflammation/IMMUNOLOGY Macrophages/PHYSIOLOGY Phagocytosis Pneumonia/IMMUNOLOGY Respiratory Tract Infections/COMPLICATIONS/*IMMUNOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW


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