[Primary pulmonary tuberculosis in adults today].
An analysis was performed of statistical estimators of report forms of tuberculosis dispensary institutions, medical records of 557 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis as well as autopsy materials that were those deceased (n = 1864) who had died of tuberculosis of the respiratory organs over the period of 45 years (1947-1991). Over the last few years, the frequency of primary forms of tuberculosis among adults was noted to be on the increase as was pathomorphosis of primary tuberculosis, which fact tends to change the clinical course of the illness and completion of a specific process.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology