[Hemocarboperfusion with an ozonized sorbent in the treatment of patients with progressive pulmonary tuberculosis combined with hepatitis].

Evidence is given on the use of hemocarboperfusion for treating patients with progressive pulmonary tuberculosis combined with hepatitis. The use of a hemosorbent that was preliminary treated with ozone promoted fuller restoration of liver function. The materials are given, which support a hypothesis to the effect that contact of blood with sorbent induces not only sorption but also as enzymatic-catalytic process. It was suggested that the ozone-treated sorbent displays properties similar to those inherent in the oxygenase cell system, i. e. they promote the "transformation" of oxidized substrates from hydrophobic to hydrophilic states.