title: [Analysis of fatal cases of tuberculosis in the Arkhangelsk region in 2004].
abstract: Analysis of tuberculosis mortality in the civil sector of the Arkhangelsk Region in 2004 revealed that 55.4% of all death cases had been notified in patients with tuberculosis caused by multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT). In the above group of patients, 101 (85.6%) patients had not received chemotherapy with drug MBT resistance being kept in mind: tuberculosis autopsy was established in 15 patients with multidrug-resistance MBT at autopsy; in 5 patients MBT resistance to 7 and 8 antituberculosis agents had ruled out the use of etiotropic therapy; 81 patients had not received adequate treatment due to the shortage and spectrum of second-line antituberculosis drugs. The second cause of death from tuberculosis was the acutely progressive, disseminated forms of the disease, even, during treatment, leading to a fatal outcome, which were detectable in patients with a new case of tuberculosis (33.8% of all deaths) and its recurrence (5.6%).
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Nikishova
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Nizovtseva
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Mar'iandyshev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000401:mortality*