[Detection of antigen-binding lymphocytes in the diagnosis of tuberculosis]. / Vyiavlenie antigensviazyvaiushchikh limfotsitov pri diagnostike tuberkuleza.

The efficiency of diagnosis of active tuberculosis was evaluated from detection of tuberculin-receptor lymphocytes [antigen-binding lymphocytes (ABL)] by the indirect rossette-formation test with the red blood cell reagent designed. Sixty two patients with tuberculosis (of them 10 patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis), 10 with lobular pneumonia, and 27 healthy individuals cal were examined. Positive results of fluography, smear microscopy, bacteriological study, leukocytic migration inhibition test, and test for ABL were obtained in 84, 40, 50, 39, and 100%, respectively. The controls had negative tests. Thus, ABL detection was the method of choice in tuberculosis diagnosis.