title: [Incidence of alcoholism and drug addiction among patients with active tuberculosis].
abstract: A study performed in cooperation with a narcological dispensary showed that persons suffering from active tuberculosis and alcoholism amounted to 11.2 per cent of all the new cases registered in the tuberculosis dispensary and 5.9 per cent of all the new cases registered in the narcological dispensary. Respectively 2.5 per cent of the persons registered in the narcological dispensary and 4.2 per cent of the persons registered in the tuberculosis dispensary were subject to compulsory treatment. Among the new cases of drug addiction, the number of tuberculous patients amounted to 17.9 per cent. With respect to the patients with active tuberculosis registered in the tuberculosis dispensary their number was 1.6 per cent. Phthisiologists should be taught the principles of narcology.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Khauadamova
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mingaliev
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Sharmagambetova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007623:Kazakhstan; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Rasprostranennost' alkogolizma i narkomanii sredi bol'nykh aktivnym tuberkulezom.