[Successful treatment of tuberculosis in a patient with poor compliance. Intermittent controlled treatment in general...

Treatment of tuberculosis requires strict discipline in order to eradicate mycobacteria and to cure the disease. Standard therapy still requires daily intake of medication for 6 months. Poorly compliant patients may be switched to weekly controlled administration of medication. Controlled medication intake then takes place in the office of the physician, in an outpatient clinic or at sociomedical services. The current report concerns a patient who showed good therapeutic compliance during hospitalisation but poor control during outpatient follow up because of a known alcohol problem. The patient was cured by intermittent controlled treatment in the office of his pneumologist.