[Specific features of cellular immunity of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with diabetes mellitus].

The parameters of cellular immunity were studied in 64 patients with pulmonary tuberculous developed in the presence of type 1 diabetes mellitus and compared with those in 36 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis alone. Patients with concomitant abnormalities showed higher depression of cellular immunity appeared as fewer T lymphocytes and their decreased capacity for blast-cell transformation than those with tuberculosis alone. Immunological parameters became normal only due to complex chemo- and immunotherapies (with T-activin). In addition, treatment outcomes improve and more rapid and frequent abacillation occurs. The development of tuberculosis in patients with diabetes mellitus is an additional indication for immunostimulant therapy with T-activin.