Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To analyze the effects of pidotimod on the infection prevention and immune regulations in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), so as to provide a research basis for the prevention and control of infections.
METHODS 70 cases of children with JIA from Aug.2015 to Aug.2016 were selected as the research subjects and divided into the experimental group and the control group according to the treatment plan, with 35 cases in each group.The children in the control group were treated with the conventional treatments, while the patients in the experimental group were treated with combined pidotimod oral solution on the basis of the conventional treatment.The CD
4+T lymphocyte percentages, the CD
8+T lymphocyte percentages, the CD
4+/CD
8+T lymphocyte ratios, the natural killer cell (NK cell) percentages and the serum levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin M (IgM), immunoglobulin A (IgA) of the children in the two groups before and after the treatment were determined and compared.The children in the two groups were followed up continuously for 12 months, the times of infections, the ratios of serious infections, the duration of single infection of the children in the two groups were observed and compared.The therapeutic effects of the two groups were evaluated and compared.
RESULTS After the treatment, the CD
4+T lymphocyte percentages, the CD
8+T lymphocyte percentages, the CD
4+/CD
8+T lymphocyte ratios, the NK cell percentages and the serum levels of IgG, IgM, IgA in the experimental group were (33.62±8.22)%, (23.36±12.05)%, (1.39±0.65), (14.31±2.03)%, (16.16±3.76) g/L, (1.82±0.43) g/L, (2.01±0.62) g/L respectively, which were significantly better than (28.76±5.64)%, (30.34±10.27)%, (1.00±0.68), (11.05±2.71)%, (10.98±3.69) g/L, (1.19±0.45) g/L, (1.62±0.63) g/L in the control group (
P<0.05).The times of infections, the ratios of serious infections, the duration of single infection of the children in the experimental group were (2.92±1.53) times, 11.43%, (2.65±3.92)d respectively, which were significantly lower than (7.38±3.25) times, 40%, (9.18±5.23) d in the control group (
P<0.05).The clinical effective rate of the experimental group was 88.57%, which was significantly higher than the clinical effective rate of the control group (34.29%) (
χ2=21.766,
P<0.001).
CONCLUSION In the treatment of children with JIA, the application of combined pidotimod treatment on the basis of the conventional drug therapy can relieve the children's immune suppression, reduce the incidence and severity of the infections, which helps to improve treatment compliance and ensure the treatment effects.