[The bacterial excretion dynamics of patients with fibrous-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis]

A study of 294 patients with fibrous-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis revealed that massive bacteria elimination and drug polyresistance is found in patients with advancing and complicated course of the disease. It was established that after a nine-months course of treatment bacteria elimination was observed in 50% of patients with advancing fibrous-cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis.