METHOD OF THE DIAGNOSTICS OF POSTPNEUMONIC, PERIBRONCHIAL AND PERIVASCULAR PULMONARY FIBROSIS PROGRESS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WHO HAD A COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA OF VIRAL/BACTERIAL ETIOLOGY

摘要

The invention relates to medicine, in particular to pulmonology, and concerns the diagnostics of postpneumonic, peribronchial and perivascular pulmonary fibrosis progress in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who had a community-acquired pneumonia of viral/bacterial etiology. According to the method preconditions for development of postpneumonic, peribronchial and perivascular pulmonary fibrosis is detected by content of collagen of IV type in bronchoalveolar fluid of 220.47±3.21 ng/ml and above.