title: [Long-term follow-up of newly diagnosed patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: The authors present 6-year follow-up results for 884 new cases with destructive respiratory tuberculosis. The patients were from a high risk group by social, disease form and associated disease criteria. The majority of the cases (90%) were detected at diagnostic x-ray outpatient examinations. There is a rise in destructive tuberculosis detection rate in general hospitals. Treatment response rate for destructive tuberculosis may be assessed as high: bacterial discharge ceased in 90.5%, caverns closed in 86.5%, 39.2% were cured within 3 years, 33.3% improved, chronic forms developed in 10.9%, lethal outcomes occurred in 16.6% of treated patients. For 6 years the number of complete responses did not grow much.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Kovaleva
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Kolosovskaia
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Voloshina
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D010045:Outpatients; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*