[Low-intensity laser irradiation in patients with urinary tuberculosis]

Combined surface radiation of renal projection area and intravascular laser radiation of blood (AZOR-2K unit) were used in combined treatment of 54 patients with urinary tuberculosis. Analysis of immunological and hematological indices of peripheral blood of patients before and after the combined treatment showed that low-intensity laser radiation activates local system of T-helpers which after specific antigenic impact differentiate into T-helpers-1. The latter synthesize in loco gamma-interferon, TNF-alpha and beta and IL-2 stimulating bactericidal mechanisms directed at destruction of M. tuberculosis and resolution of the infection focus.