title: [Destructive pulmonary tuberculosis in agricultural workers].
abstract: Clinical features and efficacy of treatment of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis were investigated in 175 workers of present-day agriculture. In the majority of these cases, tuberculosis was detected during medical consultation. It was characterized by a great extent of specific changes and marked intoxication symptoms. An infiltrative form of the disease was prevalent. Changes in the tracheobronchial tree were revealed during tracheobronchoscopy in 60.3% of the observed patients. For the in-patient period of treatment when conservative therapeutic methods were used, cavity closure was achieved in 31.1% of the newly detected patients and in 5 of 13 remaining cases with recurrent tuberculosis, thus indicating the necessity of a wider and timely application of surgical intervention techniques.
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Dvorianskikh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000503:physiopathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014132:Trachea / Q000503:physiopathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Destruktivnyĭ tuberkulez legkikh u rabotnikov sel'skogo khoziastva.