[Immune system indices in diabetes mellitus].

The immunological indices were studied in 24 patients with diabetes mellitus: 11 with insulin-dependent type (IDD) and 13 with insulin-independent type (IID). In the IDD patients sensitization to commercial insulin and bacterial allergens was more common in vitro than that in the IID patients. The per cent content of T-lymphocytes and an absolute number of phagocytic cells decreased in the peripheral blood of the IDD and IID patients. Both forms of diabetes mellitus were accompanied by disglobulinemia with an elevated serum immunoglobulin A level and a decreased immunoglobulin G content.