HUMORAL IMMUNITY AND COMPLEMENT FUNCTION IN THE COURSE OF SALMONELLOSIS

In 65 patients with bacteriologically confirmed gastrointestinal salmo nellosis of moderate severity (41 males and 24 females) the disease in an acute phase was characterized by activation of complement system a nd specific antibody formation, by a growth in the levels of IgA, G an d M. In early convalescence IgA and IgM remained high, IgG in females returned to normal, in males was still high. An inverse correlation wa s found between functional activity of complement components C3, C4 an d C5 and levels of IgM, IgG.