[Characteristics of bacterial discharge in patients with different forms of pulmonary tuberculosis].

Clinical implications of L-form pulmonary tuberculosis have been investigated in 268 patients. Of them 223 had active respiratory tuberculosis, 45 demonstrated residual disease. New cases of L-form tuberculosis were characterized by poor clinical symptoms and favourable outcomes.

[Clinical significance of drug resistance of tuberculosis mycobacteria and L-forms].

The clinical features of a tuberculous process were studied in 101 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis among whom 76% of the patients lost their social adaptation. The patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 comprising 61 (60.4%) subjects who excreted tuberculosis mycobacteria and L-forms and group 2 consisting of 40 (39.