The effectiveness of the use of low intensity laser light in a complex treatment of patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis at the nearest and long-term observation dates
The article deals with nearest and long-term results of treatment of firstly recognized patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis in combination with low intensity laser light (LILL), which took place in Nizhny Novgorod clinical TB dispensary during ten years. The findings show that the use of LILL promotes the disappearance of clinical signs of the disease, normalization of laboratory rates, stop of bacterioexcretion and close of dissolution cavities of patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis at shorter periods; there have been also defined good long-term results of treatment. Thus the use of LILL in a complex treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis promotes the decrease of tuberculosis infection reservoir.