Immune response in patient's with pneumonia

ABSTRACT

A total sample 178 infected/with pneumonia was investigated. These patient's were classified in to two groups; group [A] called typical pneumonia [110 patient] and group [B] called atypical pneumonia [68] The classification of these groups was depend ent on chest X-ray and hematological tests. There was an increase in the percentage of neutrophil and X - ray showed lobar pneumonia pattern in group [A], while there was an increase in percentages of lymphocytes and X-ray showed broncho pneumonia pattern in group [B]. the result showed a significant increase [P<0.01] in the stimulation of lymphocytes and ability of phagocytic cells to engulf in group [B] in comparesion with group [A]