title: [Effectiveness of WHO strategies in prisons in the Ivanovsk district].
abstract: The paper analyzes the results of implementation of the WHO recommendations on detection ad treatment of patients with tuberculosis in 1997-1999. A total of 8901 individuals with symptoms of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis were examined in this period. Sputum smear microscopy revealed acid-resistant bacteria (ARB) in 293 (3.3%) of the patients, including in 167 (57%) with their verification at clinical diagnostic laboratories of general health care units. A therapeutical success was achieved in 81.9% of the new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis who had ARB, in 85.7% of the patients without ARB, and in 72% with recurrent tuberculosis.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Punga
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shudrova
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Novikov
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014944:World Health Organization
vernacular_title: effektivnost' strategii VOZ v pentitentsiarnykh uchrezhdeniiakh Ivanovskoĭ oblasti.