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Low level laser therapy for treating tuberculosis

  1. Vasiliy V Vlassov1,*,
  2. Andrey G Reze2

Editorial Group: Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

Published Online: 20 JAN 2010

Assessed as up-to-date: 19 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003490.pub2

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Vlassov VV, Reze AG. Low level laser therapy for treating tuberculosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003490. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003490.pub2.

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  1. 1

    Moscow, Russian Federation

  2. 2

    Moscow Medical Academy, Department of Family Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation

*Vasiliy V Vlassov, PO Box 13, Moscow, 109451, Russian Federation. vlassov@cochrane.ru.

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  1. Publication Status: New search for studies and content updated (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 20 JAN 2010

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Puri 2003 {published data only}
  • Puri MM, Arora VK. Role of Gallium Arsenide laser irradiation at 890 nm as an adjunctive to anti-tuberculosis drugs in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences 2003;45(1):19-23.

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  4. References to other published versions of this review
Abashev 1997 {published data only}
  • Abashev IM, Kozlova AI. Role of external laser radiation in the multimodality treatment of patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis [Rol' naruzhnogo lasernogo oblucheniia v komplexnom lechenii bolnikh destructivnim tuberkulosom legkikh]. Problemy Tuberkuleza 1997, (3):23-4.
Agayev 2004 {published data only}
  • Agayev FF. Effect of endobronchial laser therapy in first discovered destructive pulmonary tuberculosis. Azerbaijan Medical Journal 2004, (2):45-7.
Lovacheva 2006 {published and unpublished data}
  • Lovacheva OV, Shumskaia II, Sidorova NF, Evgushchenko GV, Nikitin AV. Use of endobronchial laser ultraviolet irradiation in the complex treatment of bronchial tuberculosis [Primenenie endobronkhial'nogo lazernogo izlucheniia v komplexnoi terapii tuberkuleza bronkhov]. Probl Tuberk Bolezn Legk 2006, (12):20-4.
Maliev 1991a {published data only}
  • Maliev BM, Selitskaia RP, Kupavtseva EA. Dynamics of the indices of the immune system as affected by endobronchial laser therapy in patients with complicated tuberculosis of the lungs [Dinamika pokazateley immunnoi sistemi pod vliianiem lazeroterapii u patsientov s oslozhnennim tuberkulezom legkikh]. Problemy Tuberkuleza 1991, (9):64-7.
Maliev 2001b {published data only}
  • Maliev BM, Shesterina MV. Lazeri v pulmonologii [Lasers in pulmonology]. Moscow: Tekhnika, 2001:87-107.
Shesterina 1991 {published data only}
  • Shesterina MV, Maliev BM. Helium-neon laser in the complex therapy of patients with lung tuberculosis [Gelii-neonovii laser v komplexnom lechenii bolnikh tuberkulesom legkikh]. Problemy Tuberkuleza 1991, (5):23-5.
Topolnitskii 1992 {published data only}
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  4. References to other published versions of this review
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Badalov 1990
  • Badalov RK, Tsym VF. Use of laser therapy in combined treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents [Primenenie laserterapii v komplexnom lechenii tuberkuleza legkikh u detei i podrostkov]. Problemy Tuberkuleza 1990, (2):41-3.
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Iagafarova 1998
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Maliev 1991b
  • Maliev BM. Endobronchial use of different lasers in the complex treatment of patients with complicated thoracic tuberculosis [Endobronchialnoe ispolsovanie razlichnikh laserov v komplexnom lechenii bolnikh oslozhnennimi formami vnutrigrudnogo tuberkulesa]. In: Shesterina MV editor(s). Ispolzovanie laserov vo phthiziopulmonologii. Moscow: Moscow R&D Institute for Tuberculosis, Ministry of Health of RSFSR, 1991:14-20.
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References to other published versions of this review

  1. References to studies included in this review
  2. References to studies excluded from this review
  3. Additional references
  4. References to other published versions of this review
Vlassov 2002
  • Vlassov VV, Pechatnikov LM, MacLehose HG. Low level laser therapy for treating tuberculosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 3. [DOI: ]
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