[Comparison of systemic manifestations of inflammation in torpid pulmonary tuberculosis and respiratory sarcoidosis].

The authors determined acute-phase protein spectrum, monocytic and neutrophilic functions by the values of spontaneous and stimulated HCT-tests, platelet function under basal conditions and their varying stimulation, the state of the hemostatic system, and the parameters of intravascular blood coagulation in 66 patients with torpid pulmonary tuberculosis and 84 patients with respiratory sarcoidosis (RS). The changes found in both diseases were fundamentally unilateral; however, they were more frequently detected in RS and they were more pronounced. In tuberculosis, all detected changes may give the impression that they are secondary to tuberculous infection and, in RS, act as primary triggers in the development ofgranulomatous inflammation.