[Electrophoretic studies on the plasma proteins in pulmonary tuberculosis treated with artificial pneumoperitoneum].

Tetsuro Nishida Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Shinshu University (Prof.: Tadamasa Tozuka) In 60 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis treated with artificial pneumoperitoneum or with combination of pneumoperitoneum and chemotherapy, the relation between plasma protein fractions and clinical pictures was investigated, and following results were obtained. 1) In the plasma proteins of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, there were decreases in albumin and increases in ƒ¿-globulin, fibrinogen, ƒÁ-globulin fractions compared with normal ranges, but in a few cases the proteins were normal. 2) The patients that had normal plasma proteins or the change of one fraction except albumin were minimal tuberculosis, and all of 20 cases were effectively treated with pneumoperitoneum alone or combination of pneumoperitoneum and chemotherapy. 3) The patients that had the changes in ƒ¿-globulin, fibrinogen added to albumin fractions were moderately advanced tuberculosis and 9 cases with slight degree of changes of plasma proteins were all effectively treated with pneumoperitoneum alone and 3 of 7 cases with moderate or intence degree of changes were uneffectively treated with combinated therapy. 4) The patients that had the changes in ƒ¿-globulin, fibrinogen added to albumin and ƒÁ-globulin fractions were far advanced tuberculosis. In this group only 3 cases of slight