Routine outpatient short-course chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. A radiographic presentation

Radiographs are presented to illustrate the outcome of routine chemotherapy for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a local authority polyclinic setting. Intensive, daily, supervised, short-course, 4-drug chemotherapy has been administered to ambulant patients on a 5-day-a-week basis for 5-6 months (100-130 daily doses). Over 5 000 patients with positive sputum cultures have been treated during the last 6 years, with good effect.