MICROBIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE COURSE OF WIDESPREAD DRUG-RESISTANT PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Аннотация

The massiveness of bacterial excretion in pulmonary tuberculosis is an indirect indicator reflecting the cavity character of changes in lung tissue and the density of the bacterial population. A prospective examination of 135 patients with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) pulmonary tuberculosis was conducted. The study included 68 men (45.8%) and 147 women (67%) aged 18 to 65 years. The bacteriological characteristics of XDR-TB of the lungs in the group of previously treated patients were significantly more pronounced in most parameters.