[The role of and changes in the copper and zinc levels and the activity of their related metalloenzymes in the blood of patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis during chemotherapy].

Patients in acute phase of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis experienced a considerable rise in the activities of ceruloplasmin and carboangidrase as well as in the content of copper and zinc. In so far as destructive pulmonary tuberculosis is concerned, the therapeutic results were far from being gratifying. Loss of copper and zinc arising in the organism rapidly lead to a depletion of the latter and deficiency of trace elements, which fact may, in its turn, disturb the work of the compensatory-defense mechanisms.

[The treatment of patients with recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis].

A study is presented of the treatment efficacy of 96 patients with destructive forms of recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis depending on the use of different pathogenetic agents. It was found that in group receiving pathogenetic treatment closure of the destruction caverns increased to 73.7% (53% in the control group) and healing time reduced.