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A G Ushakova

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PubMed1994

[Characteristics of bacterial discharge in patients with different forms of pulmonary tuberculosis].

Clinical implications of L-form pulmonary tuberculosis have been investigated in 268 patients. Of them 223 had active respiratory tuberculosis, 45 demonstrated residual disease. New cases of L-form tuberculosis were characterized by poor clinical symptoms and favourable outcomes. Association of L-forms with bacterial discharge produced apparent symptoms and progressive trends. Detection of L-forms in inactive pulmonary process indicated latent activity of tuberculosis apt to recur.

Humans↗
PubMed1991

[Clinical significance of drug resistance of tuberculosis mycobacteria and L-forms].

The clinical features of a tuberculous process were studied in 101 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis among whom 76% of the patients lost their social adaptation. The patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 comprising 61 (60.4%) subjects who excreted tuberculosis mycobacteria and L-forms and group 2 consisting of 40 (39.6%) who excreted only tuberculosis mycobacteria. The frequency and degree of drug resistance were more manifest in 63.8% of the patients of group 1 and in 40% of those of group 2 (p less than 0.01). Drug resistance to relatively new antituberculosis drugs (ethambutol and rifampicin) was found in 30% of the patients. Mixed bacillary population was found 2 times more frequently in patients with serious progressive forms of tuberculosis, which gives evidence to consider it as a prognostically unfavourable indicator.

Adolescent↗