[Effectiveness of lymphotropic therapy in patients with tuberculosis in relations to genetic markers]

Abstract

To study whether a combination of the carriage of genetic blood markers: haptoglobin phenotypes and red blood cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 60 patients with destructive tuberculosis were given a new drug treatment regimen by using regional lymphotropic therapy with 10% isoniazid. The efficiency of the treatment and residual changes were found to be directly related to what a patient has as genetic background. Defining the types of combinations of genetic markers may predict the course of disease, the efficiency of treatment, and outcomes.