title: [Evaluation of treatment outcome for pulmonary tuberculosis with early introduction of intermittent methods, two years after the conclusion of treatment].
abstract: This publication is a continuation of our study for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis with early introduction of the intermittent methods. Early results were presented in a preliminary reports (Pneumonol. Alergol. Pol., 1995, 63, 57). From among 33 patients who were treated in this way, two-year follow-up was performed in 29 persons (we lost contact with two persons, 1 patient died from other reasons, and the next one was excluded for ambulatory prolongation of II phase of the treatment). 15 patients were supervised directly in our Department, and the others were estimated from records of Regional Antituberculosis Outpatient Clinics. Two years after the completion of therapy all 29 patients remained smear-negative and radiologically stable. On this basis, we assumed that results of the treatment of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis with early introduction of the intermittent methods are as good as standard therapy.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Płuc i Gruźlicy Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sedlaczek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Serwatowski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spiewak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Ocena wyników leczenia gruźlicy, płuc z wczesnym wprowadzeniem metody przerywanej, w dwa lata po zakończeniu kuracji.