[Etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of severe recurrent forms of erysipelas of the lower extremities].

The experience of treatment of 314 patients with erysipelas was summarized. The organizational principles of struggle against this disease are proposed.

[Pulmonary tuberculosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Ukraine (first communication)].

The epidemiological HIV infection situation in the Ukraine in the past 4 years is analyzed. In patients with AIDS, the clinical manifestations of tuberculosis are atypical; prolonged intoxication, negative tuberculin tests, no bacterial isolation in half the cases. These patients should be treated with 4 - 5 antituberculous drugs, by taking into account the fact that only long-term continuous therapy may yield a positive effect.

[The differential diagnostic significance of neutrophilic reactions to specific antigens in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and sarcoidosis].

Similarity of clinical, roentgenological and even morphological features of tuberculosis and sarcoidosis causes difficulties in differential diagnosis. This necessitates searching for new diagnostic criteria. Comparative study of functional state of peripheral blood neutrophils and their reaction to specific antigens (tuberculin and Kveim's reagent) were studied in patients with disseminated tuberculosis and pulmonary sarcoidosis.

[Clinical and immunologic characteristics of patients with histiocytosis X].

Characteristic features of the clinical course and immune status were studied in 24 histiocytosis X patients. Immunologic studies were carried out in 15 histiocytosis X patients by the methods that characterize the T- and B-lymphocyte systems, their sensitivity to tuberculin, the receptor apparatus of lymphocytes and neutrophilic granulocytes and autoimmune processes. The immune status of these patients is distinguished by disorders caused by secondary cellular deficit combined with the imbalance of the immunoregulatory cell system.