title: [L-transformation of mycobacteria in the light of current epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in the world].
abstract: To determine a role of L-forms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the development of a recurrent tuberculous process in persons with residual pulmonary tuberculous changes, a total of 2,412 persons registered at a dispensary as those included into Groups VIIA and VIIB who were found to have a significant tuberculosis infection pool. The tuberculosis pathogen was detected in 214 (9%) examinees in the bacterial and L forms. A further follow-up of the persons whose pathological material had shown the L form which are prone to reverse indicated that the isolation of unstable mycobacterial L forms is an important predictive sign showing the high potential hazard of tuberculous process reactivation.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Dorozhkova
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Zemskova
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Krudu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007740:L Forms / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: L-transformatsiia mikobakteriĭ v svete sovremennoĭ épidemiologicheskoĭ situatsii po tuberkuleze v mire.