[Study of lipid peroxidation in patients with tuberculosis of the female genital organs during subcutaneous tuberculin test].

The level of MDA in erythrocytes and plasma was determined in 71 female patients with a chronic inflammatory process in the genitals before and after subcutaneous tuberculin administration. In patients with active genital tuberculosis the MDA level rose significantly: in erythrocytes 24 hours and in plasma 72 hours after subcutaneous tuberculin administration. The MDA level remained unchanged in the rest of the patients.