title: [Blood ozonation in the treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary tuberculosis concurrent with diabetes mellitus].
abstract: Twenty nine patients with progressive pulmonary tuberculosis in the presence of diabetes mellitus were examined. Fifteen of them (a main group) had an additional course of intravenous dissolved ozone once 6-8 days (4 mg/ml per 400 ml of isotonic sodium chloride). By the end of month 2, 7 patients stopped massive bacterial expiration, which correlated with clinical improvement while a control group (n = 14) showed no clinical and laboratory changes. Following 3 months, 3 control patients stopped massive bacterial expiration. At month 6, 11 patients of the main group also did this, decay cavities became close in 8 patients while in the controls, these figures were 8 and 7, respectively. The use of systemic blood ozoning eliminated chemotherapy resistance and accelerated abacillation and healing in the decay cavities. The mechanism of action of dissolved ozone is discussed.
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Belianin
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Shmelev
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010126:Ozone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010083:Oxidants, Photochemical; D010126:Ozone