Mechanisms of Host Defense in Well Nourished Patients With Chronic Alcoholism

Charles D. Ericsson; Steve Kohl; Larry K. Pickering; Jan Davis; George S. Glass; Louis A. Faillace

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1980.tb04811.x

Mechanisms of Host Defense in Well Nourished Patients With Chronic Alcoholism

Charles D. Ericsson, Steve Kohl, Larry K. Pickering, Jan Davis, George S. Glass, Louis A. Faillace

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Abstract

Tests of immune function were performed on five recently abstinent, well nourished, and disease-free patients with chronic alcoholism. No significant defects in adherence, metabolic, or bactericidal activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes were found when compared to sex-matched controls. Antibody-dependent and natural killer cellular cytotoxicity of monocyte-macrophages and lymphocytes also were normal. These data support the concept that immunity might be intact in the group of patients with chronic alcoholism who are recently sober, well nourished, and free of underlying disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	261-265
Number of pages	5
Journal	Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1980.tb04811.x
State	Published - Jul 1980

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Toxicology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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