1975 年 50 巻 4-5 号 p. 105-114
In view of the fact that specific immunity continues for a long period in the case of pulmonary tuberculosis, it is considered that serum antibody is not the principal factor of immunity of tuberculosis.
However, fluctuations of the serum γ-globulin have great value, for the observation of course of pulmonary tuberculosis. In this reseach, out of 2, 642 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, we picked out cases with hypogammagloblinemia, and investigated its relation with the extent of pulmonary lesions and several other clinical factors. At the same time, we tried to search for some of the immuno-serologcal trends of pulmonary tuberculosis in cases with hypogammagloblinemia on the basis of the findings of immunoelectrophoresis.