Problems in the treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Chukanov, V.I.
Problemy Tuberkuleza 4: 17-19
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-9533 PMID: 9333807 Document Number: 478005
The paper presents the current approaches to chemotherapy in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and shows the main reasons that do not allow one to achieve high outcomes of treatment. These involve the drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the morphological features of a specific process in the lung, the higher incidence of acutely progressive types of pulmonary tuberculosis in particular; tuberculosis-contaminant diseases (diabetes mellitus, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal diseases, and non-specific respiratory diseases, etc.). Recommendations how to eliminate the reasons for ineffective treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis are given.