Peak expiratory flow as a predictor for the effectiveness of sport for patients with COPD.

This study intended to find simple parameters that were able to determine the increase in physical performance as a result of sport in a group of patients with COPD (lung sport). We regularly investigated pulse, oxygenation and peak expiratory flow in participants with COPD of a "lung sport group", who participated in a structured weekly training program under professional supervision. Ten volunteers (7 females, 3 males, median of age = 69) with COPD (grade II-III) took part in the study.

[Pneumonia induced by nocardia -- a case report].

We describe a case of lung manifestation of nocardiosis with upper lobe shrinking of the right lung in a 45 year old patient without evident signs of an immuno-compromising illness. The patient came to the hospital in a reduced general state of health with severe cough, red and brown sputum and exertional dyspnoea. X-ray pictures of the thorax showed inflammatory infiltration and shrinking of the upper left lobe of the right lung.

[Tuberculosis induced by Bacillus Calmette-Guerin immuno-prophylaxis -- case study].

We describe a case of miliary tuberculosis induced by Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a complication of an infection after BCG-instillation therapy into the bladder because of bladder carcinoma. Bacilli surely entered blood circulation via an urethral lesion because of a difficult catheterisation. The 60 year old patient was administered to the hospital with septic temperature 4 four days after BCG instillation.