title: [Plasmapheresis in the complex treatment of patients with acutely progressive pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: The efficiency of plasmapheresis versus routine methods of detoxification in the complex treatment was compared in 100 patients with acutely progressive pulmonary tuberculosis. After 2 and 4 months, plasmapheresis was found to arrest the intoxication syndrome in 56 and 100% of the patients, respectively. This treatment in these patients resulted in ceased bacterial isolation in 52% of the patients following 2 months and lung cavern closure in 36% of cases after 6 months. This ultimately reduced the time of hospital stay on the average of 2 months, its duration being not longer than 7-8 months.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Makieva
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Polosukhin
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Dryga
authors.forename: V Iu
authors.initials: VIu
authors.lastname: Mishin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*