[Classification of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis into groups according to quantitative and qualitative...

The results of observation of 1196 new cases of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis are analyzed. The qualitative and quantitative characteristics identified its 5 categories which greatly differed in the frequency and time of decay cavity closure and outcomes of chemotherapy: pulmonary tuberculosis with minimum destruction, restrictive destructive tuberculosis, disseminated destructive tuberculosis, disseminated destructive tuberculosis, tuberculomas with decay, and fibrocavernous pulmonary tuberculosis. Comparing the efficiency of 3 combined treatment regimens led to the conclusion that it was necessary to develop the methods of differential therapy of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis in relation to its qualitative and quantitative characteristics.