title: [Dynamics in bacterial isolation and antigenemia in patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: A hundred patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis were studied. They were examined for bacterial isolates and mycobacterial antigens in the immune complexes. The isolates were detected in 76%. In most cases, isolation stopped 3 months following chemotherapy and in the absolute majority of cases (except one) 9 months after. Isolation of L-forms remained for a longer period of time, at month 6 of therapy there was an increase in the number of patients who were found to have L-forms of the bacteria. Most (97%) patients with infiltrative tuberculosis displayed mycobacterial antigens circulating in the immune complexes. Antigenemia retained in a considerable (40%) number of patients long (up to 9 months) and in most cases with the unfavourable course of the disease.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Litvinov
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlova
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kapina
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Baenskiĭ
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Demíanenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Dinamika bakteriovydeleniia i antigenemii u bolńykh infiltrativnym tuberkulëzom lëgkikh.