The etiological structure of pathogens of community-acquired pneumonia and the performance of the immune system in the period of short-term adaptation to the climatic conditions of Kamchatka
Acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the bronchopulmonary system occupy a leading place in human pathology in Kamchatka conditions. A high incidence of pneumonia in Kamchatka is observed in the spring and autumn of each year, especially among the alien population during the adaptation period. In order to study the short-term adaptive reactions of the immune system to adverse climatic conditions, Kamchatka studied the immune status of 215 volunteers living in the region for less than a year and military personnel of the first year of service in Kamchatka. The detected changes indicate the tension of the humoral mechanisms of immune defense, which consist in changing mainly the subpopulation composition of lymphocytes and the concentration of blood immunoglobulins. This category of the population is at risk of developing viral and bacterial infectious diseases. The spectrum of pathogens of inflammatory diseases of the bronchopulmonary system has been studied. Revealed seasonal differences in the etiological structure of pathogens of pneumonia. Along with the main pathogens infections as Streptococcus pneumoniaе, Haemophilus influenzae, at the autumn, included such microorganisms as Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiellae spp, Proteus at the spring.