[Impact of cytomegalovirus infection on the course of tuberculosis in children and adolescents].

Sixty-five children and adolescents with respiratory tuberculosis were examined to determine the proportion of cytomegalovirus infection among patients with tuberculosis and its impact on the occurrence and course of different forms of tuberculosis. The number of children and adolescents infected with cytomegalovirus among the patients with respiratory tuberculosis (66.2%) was found to be three times more than that among those not infected with tuberculosis (21.

[The use of liposomal form of phenylimide of cis-aconitic acid in herpes therapy].

The results of study of the antiviral activity and pharmacokinetics of phenylimide of cis-aconitic acid (PCAA) is presented. The 20% increase of the antiviral activity of PCAA incorporated into liposomes in comparison with the antiviral activity of the pure substance was shown. Liposomes with PCAA were tropic to lymphocytes and macrophages with maximum fluorescence being observed in the spleen, while empty liposomes were accumulated mainly in the liver.