[Clinical analysis of reasons for the absence of bacterial isolation in new cases of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].

Saint Petersburg has been marked by a reduction in the efficiency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) detection in the past 5 years. This is suggested by negative changes in the ratio of the rate of detected bacterial isolation to the phase of lung decay in new cases of tuberculosis. This is largely due to the fact that before treatment, clinicians do not fulfil in full measure the regulated requirements for the choice of studies and for the frequency of examinations for MBT.

[Causes of hospitalization of non-tuberculous patients in a tuberculosis hospital].

In present epidemiological and economic conditions tuberculosis suspects should be hospitalized to specialized tuberculosis hospitals only after they are carefully examined for cancer of the lungs and lingering pneumonia. For this an obligatory diagnostic minimum should be introduced.

[The effect of tuberculous intoxication and tuberculostatic preparations on pancreatic excretory function].

The excretory function of the pancreas was examined intraduodenally in 78 patients with various forms of pulmonary tuberculosis. There was a decrease in its exocrine function. It was shown that the medium and conditions in the duodenum cavity affected the enzyme activity in it.