[Dynamics of isolation of mycobacterium tuberculosis during 2-stage standard chemotherapy].
Two-stage standard chemotherapy was performed in 149 newly detected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, by isolating Mycobacteria. Within the first 2 months, the patients received 4 drugs: isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, streptomycin or ethambutol. Treatment with two agents (isoniazid and rifampicin) was continued for 4 months. Mycobacterial isolation was stopped in 104 patients after 2 months of treatment, in other 26 after 3 months, which amounts to 80.2%. Higher therapeutical results were observed in patients who had isolated Mycobacteria resistant to 1 and even 2 drugs.
Khomenko
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Central NII of Tuberculosis RAMN, Moscow.
Vasil'eva
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents