Assessment of leucocytes migration inhibition in tuberculosis patients

الملخص EN

Leucocytes Migration Inhibition test in agarose was carried against PPD and Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen.

The proportion of different Kinds of migrating leucocytes was calculated and expressed as a function of the migration distance .

Application of this test to clinical problem revealed that with PPD as antigen, a highly significant inhibition was obtained in PPD skin test – positive normal individual , as well as, a high significant inhibition was recorded in individuals recovered from tuberculosis .

These results demonstrated the suitability of this test for routine detection for cell mediated immunity .