In 1932, Prof. B. L. Mazur, growing a "blue stick" in broth, devoid of the acid resistance Koch stick, for first time received an atuberculin antivirus. The wand" and classic tuberculous mycobacterium do not grow Mazur's its environment, antivirus does contain tuberculin, it withstands sterilization autoclave well. These specific properties made possible to use clinic. patients with extrapulmon...

Current asthma is often diagnostically excluded by the presence of normal bronchial responsiveness. We report on a TDI-induced occupational asthma patient with normal bronchial responsiveness. He had suffered from shortness of breath during and after TDI exposure for several months. His initial methacholine bronchial challenge test showed a negative response. The bronchoprovacation test with TD...

Background—Relatively little is known about risk factors for the persistence of asthma and respiratory symptoms from childhood into adolescence, and few studies have included objective measurements to assess outcomes and exposure. Methods—From a large cross sectional study of all 4th grade school children in Munich (mean age 10.2 years), 234 children (5%) with active asthma were identified. Of ...

Cocaine-induced vasculitis is a rare complication found in drug abusers. It occurs due to cocaine adulterated with levamisole. Levamisole was once used as a chemotherapy and immunomodulator for different conditions. One of the side effects of this medication is necrotizing vasculitis which has been reported in the US and Puerto Rico. Here we present another case of cocaine induced vasculitis in...