[Classification of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis into groups according to quantitative and qualitative characteristics with the aim of developing differentiated treatment methods]
Abstract:
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.
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