Бюллетень сибирской медицины (Dec 2012)

Clinical and X-ray features of pulmonary tuberculosis with blood eosinophilia

  • Yu. V. Kolobovnikova,
  • O. I. Urazova,
  • V. V. Novitsky,
  • O. V. Filinyuk,
  • Ye. V. Nekrasov,
  • M. D. Goncharov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20538/1682-0363-2012-6-207-209
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 6
pp. 207 – 209

Abstract

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The article presents a comparative analysis of clinical and radiological parameters in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis accompanied by eosinophilia and without eosinophilia.The study found that tuberculosis infection combined with eosinophilic reaction of the blood characterized by destructive changes in lung tissue, the presence of fibrosis, but also slowing resorption infiltrates evidence in favor of the negative effect of the hematological reactions to the course and outcome of tuberculosis infection.

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