[Clinical pharmacokinetics of para-aminosalicylic acid tablets].

Pharmacokinetic parameters of PAS-Akri coated tablets (Akrikhin, Russia) were investigated. The tablets contain paraaminosalicylic acid (PAS) as sodium dihydrate in an amount of 1000 mg. The single oral dose of the drug for healthy volunteers in the trial was 6, 9 or 12 tablets.

[The clinical and immunological manifestations of infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis under natural zinc deficiency].

Patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis who lived in zinc-deficient areas (the level of mobile zinc in the soil is < 0.1 mg/kg, and its dietary level is 9.1 mg/day) were found to have a significant depression of the T-cell link of the immunity system along with enhanced activation apoptosis and decreased phagocytic activity of neutrophils.