%0 Journal Article %T Pulmonary tuberculosis: hematology, serum biochemistry and the relation with the disease duration %A Oliva %A V. M. %A Cez¨˘rio %A G. A. G. %A Cocato %A R. A. %A Marcondes-Machado %A J. %J Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases %D 2008 %I Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Pe?onhentos - CEVAP, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP %R 10.1590/S1678-91992008000100006 %X the aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between hematological and biochemical parameters and tuberculosis process activity time according to clinical complaint duration. it was a retrospective study analyzing medical records from 80 pulmonary tuberculosis patients at botucatu medical school university hospital (botucatu, s£żo paulo state, brazil), who were divided into 2 groups according to clinical complaint duration: group 1 (g1) - up to three months; group 2 (g2) - over three months. parameters included: age, gender, bacilloscopy, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr), platelet count, alpha1-globulin, alpha2-globulin, gamma globulin, mucoprotein, alpha1-acid glycoprotein values, and the presence of risk factors such as smoking, alcoholism, drug addiction, sexual promiscuity, contact with tuberculosis carriers, and previous treatment. groups were compared by calculating t and p, and chi-square (x2) and p. comparisons revealed a tendency towards smoking with a higher frequency of smokers in g1 (0.050.05). a correlation was found between esr, platelet count, smoking and less than three months clinical duration. %K mycobacterium tuberculosis %K pulmonary tuberculosis %K smoking %K hematolological and biochemical parameters %K erythrocyte sedimentation rate. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1678-91992008000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en