Gynecological tuberculosis in the west of Scotland.
Between 1st January 1950 and 15th June 1978, 638 women with proved tuberculosis of the genital tract were investigated. 7 different drug programmes were used to treat 581 patients. Apart from the most recent regimens employing ethambutol and rifampicin, the best results were obtained with a combination of streptomycin, PAS and isoniazid for 18 mth or 2 yr. Today the treatment of choice is a combination of rifampicin, ethambutol and isoniazid for 1 yr. Surgery should be employed where drug treatment has failed. It is essential that women with tuberculosis of the pelvic organs should be followed up indefinitely after drug treatment.
D010131:Aminosalicylic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012606:Scotland; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D010131:Aminosalicylic Acid; D004977:Ethambutol; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin