Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of the most significant chronic pathological conditions in modern society and is widespread in both developed and developing countries. In recent years, the study of the development and course of COPD has been closely related to the identification of the role of immune imbalance, which is one of the leading factors in the development of chronic inflammation both in the bronchi and in the lungs. More and more attention is paid to the study of these disorders in different COPD phenotypes, particularly in combination with overweight, which is a well-studied risk factor for the development and rapid progression of a variety of chronic diseases, including respiratory tract pathology. The objective of the study was to determine the diagnostic significance of blood serum levels of CRP and TNF-α in exacerbation phase of COPD with III degree of bronchial obstruction in obese patients in order to improve management and treatment.
І нфекції дихальних шляхів залишаються основ ною причиною захворюваності та смертності від інфекційних захворювань у всьому світі. До кінця грудня 2019 р. лише три патогени фігурували в списку пріоритетних проектів ВООЗ для досліджень та розробок: коронавірус тяжкого гострого респіраторного синдрому (SARS) (SARS-CoV), коронавірус респіраторного синдрому Близького Сходу (MERS) (MERS-CoV) та мікобактерії туберкульозу [13].У січні 2020 р. SARS-CoV-2, який є причиною COVID-19, було додано до списку пріоритетів. З тих пір SARS-CoV-2, що поширився за межі Китаю на всі континенти, спричинює не тільки смерть та економічні кризи, а й викликає значне занепокоєння серед національних, регіональних та міжнародних спільнот [12].Мета проведеного нами комплексного аналізу -оцінити перспективи щодо наслідків взаємозв'язку COVID-19 з туберкульозом (ТБ), який, як і раніше, посідає перше місце серед причин смерті від однієї інфекційної хвороби у світі, та знизити ризики поширення туберкульозної інфекції в умовах пандемії, не втративши показників ефективності лікування.
Aims: To carry out a comprehensive retrospective assessment of the prevalence, features and course of treatment of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM).
Materials and Methods: Our study is based on a retrospective analysis of statistical data obtained from 762 current and former MDR-TB patients (74% of patients with resistance only to first-line drugs – isoniazid (H) and rifampin (R); 36% with resistance to H, R and second-line drugs) included in the register of tuberculosis (TB) patients from different regions of Ukraine and the Grodno region of the Republic of Belarus between 2015 and 2019.
Results and Discussion: In both groups of the study recurrent TB prevailed: 49 cases (55.7%) of relapse TB compared to 39 cases (44.3%) of primary TB in the main group; 363 cases (53.9%) of relapse TB compared to 311 (46.1%) primary TB in the control group (P < 0.05). The rate of successful treatment in the control group is higher than in the main group (64.7% vs. 61.4%; P < 0.05). A significant difference between the two groups was observed owing to the difference in frequency of treatment, which in the main group has recorded 27.3%, as against 40.3% in the control group (almost two times lower; P < 0.05).
Conclusions: The association between TB and DM increases the morbidity, chemoresistance and proportion of recurrences. Pulmonary TB developed significantly more often in middle-aged patients with type 2 DM with moderate and severe states, with subcompensated form and with a complicated course.
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