[Clinical and laboratory criteria of endogenous intoxication in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and effectiveness of detoxification therapy].

Endogenic intoxication (EI) tests were conducted in 191 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. 40 healthy subjects served control. In tuberculosis patients EI depended on the disease clinical form, dissemination, destruction. Administration of detoxication therapy at the start of the combined treatment promoted rapid EI reduction. Due to detoxication, side effects of the drugs occurred 3 times less frequently, the efficacy of the treatment rose. Minor hemosorption resulted in detoxication effects superior to those of transfusions. EI classification is suggested, the prognostic value of EI tests is ascertained.