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Treatment of relapsing chronic infections of the respiratory tract: a comparative study of the effectiveness of non specific immunotherapy with the immunoadjuvant p40 and of vaccinotherapy

Tratamento de infecções crônicas recidivantes do aparelho respiratório: estudo comparativo da eficácia da imunoterapia inespecífica através do imunoadjuvante P40 e da vacinoterapia.

The treatment of relapsing chronic infections (RCI) encounters many difficulties. In the present study, the use of the immuno adjuvant P40 either alone or in association with vaccinotherapy for the treatment of RCI turned out to be very effective, whereas vaccinotherapy alone was not. It is hypothesized that cell-mediated immunity may play a major role in controlling RCI, since the clinical improvement of the patients kept up with the positivation of previously negative skin tests carried out with either the specific infecting agent or with recall-anti gens.


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