[Comparison of local and systemic inflammatory markers in patients with community-acquired pneumonia and pneumonia coexisting with lung cancer].

Background: The aim of the study was to compare the local and systemic markers of inflammatory processes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and in those with pneumonia coexisting with lung cancer.

Material And Methods: Seventeen patients with community-acquired pneumonia (group I), 14 patients with pneumonia and lung cancer (group II), and 24 patients with lung cancer (group III) were enrolled into the study. Sixteen healthy smokers served as a control group (group IV).

[Chemical structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Part II--proteins].

In this paper the structure of M. tuberculosis cell, especially mycobacterial proteins were analized. Cytoplasmatic and secretory proteins were reviewed according to their function and the role in immunological reactions.

[Chemical structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Part I--lipids].

Tuberculosis is a burning health issue in the contemporary world. Recognition of mechanisms by means of which pathogenic bacilli affect host cells and their virulence factors is indispensable to developing and synthesis of new drugs and vaccines. The authors discuss groups of the most important chemical compounds from the pathological point of view, which are responsible for morbidity and virulence of tubercle bacillus.

[Comparison of oxidative stress markers in exhaled breath condensate and in serum of patients with tuberculosis and sarcoidosis].

Unlabelled: Tuberculosis and sarcoidosis represent the granulomatous diseases. The aim of the study was to compare the markers of oxidative stress: in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and in serum of patients with tuberculosis and sarcoidosis.

Material And Methods: 19 patients with active lung tuberculosis and 15 patients with sarcoidosis were enrolled into the study.