[The use of low-frequency ultrasound in the combined therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis patients]. / Primenenie nizkochastotnogo ul'trazvuka v kompleksnoi terapii bol'nykh tuberkulezom legkikh.

The validity of low-frequency ultrasound (LFU) addition to specific therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis (PT) was investigated in 2 groups of PT new cases. The study group (n = 25) received specific therapy and ultrasonic treatment (44 KHz, amplitude 2 microm to the paravertebral region and PT zones). The control group (n = 25) received specific therapy only. The response to treatment was higher in the study group. The findings support validity of low-frequency ultrasound use as an adjuvant in treatment of PT new cases.

[Effect of thymus preparations and anti-tuberculosis agents on immunologic reactivity and the course of the tuberculosis process in experimental animals]. / Vliianie preparatov timusa i protivotuberkuleznykh sredstv na immunologicheskuiu reaktivnost' i techenie tuberkuleznogo protsessa u éksperimental'nykh zhivotnykh.

The effects of thymogen, thymalin and vilosen in combination with antituberculous drugs (isoniazid, streptomycin, rifampicin) were studied on 240 CBA mice with experimental tuberculosis. Thymus preparations supplemented to the complex treatment of experimental tuberculosis significantly increased their lifespan, contributed to a decrease in the index of spleen weight lung density and significantly increased the count of T lymphocytes and their proliferative activity as compared to those on antituberculous drugs alone. Thymogen was found to be the most effective in the complex treatment of experimental tuberculosis, whereas vilosen was the least. Thymogen plus vilosen proved to be the most beneficial combination of drugs.