title: [The significance of haptoglobin in the differential diagnosis of tuberculosis of the female genital organs].
abstract: Study included 115 women with suspicion of genital tuberculosis. Combined clinical, X-ray and laboratory examination made it possible to classify patients into 3 groups: group 1 included 44 patients with active genital tuberculosis, group 2 32 women with clinically cured tuberculosis of internal genitalia and group 3 39 women with nonspecific genital diseases. The haptoglobin-tuberculin test was given to all patients. High haptoglobin parameters before or 72 h after tuberculin administration were found only in the group of patients with active genital tuberculosis. In groups 2 and 3 the haptoglobin level did not exceed normal values both before and after tuberculin administration in a dose of 50 TU. The informative value of serum haptoglobin parameters in patients with active tuberculosis of internal genitalia constituted 88.6%.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Mukhina
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Smirnova
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Kolachevskaia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D006242:Haptoglobins
vernacular_title: Znachenie gaptoglobina v differentsial'noĭ diagnostike tuberkuleza zhenskikh polovykh organov.