title: [Causes of death of patients admitted to the tuberculosis dispensary from the pulmonological units].
abstract: At present, pulmonological units admit patients with pulmonary tuberculosis forms that are epidemiologically hazardous, such as disseminated caseous and fibrocavernous pneumonia. The forms are characterized by abundant bacterial isolation and multiple bilateral lung tissue destruction. The causes of death in new cases of tuberculosis were their late referral for medical aid in the period of drastic deterioration of their health due to progression. Nineteen (63.3%) patients were found to have a gradual onset detected while thoroughly obtaining history data. Salivary MT tests were performed only in 50% of the patients admitted to pulmonological units, which makes an error diagnosis of acute pneumonia and unjustifiable treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Tereshin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*