title: [Reasons for chronic expectoration--case reports].
abstract: To illustrate reasons for chronic culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis 4 patients are presented. In two cases the reasons for treatment failure were on the doctors' side. In one case a doctor used an insufficient number of drugs, in the second case the treatment was too short. In the third case there were more than one reason for treatment failure: the patients' poor compliance, and the doctors' fault: an inadequate choice of drugs. In the last case adverse reactions to drugs caused the treatment failure.
authors.affiliation: I Kliniki Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc w Warszawie.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Michałowska-Mitczuk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuś
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002207:Capreomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003523:Cycloserine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017211:Treatment Failure; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D002207:Capreomycin; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D004977:Ethambutol; D003523:Cycloserine; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin
vernacular_title: Przyczyny przewlekłego pratkowania--opis przypadków.