One year's follow up of originally treated in-patients of pulmonary tuberculosis - Report of the 23rd series of CSUCT.:Report of the 23rd Series of CSUCT

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CSUCT carried out one year's follow up of the originally treated cases, 1541 in number, admitted to 54 national sanatoria in 1980 and the results were compared with those of the same study in 1970.<BR>The background factors of patients at the time of admission were nearly the same as those of the last study, but proportion of old age group and of patients with complications were increased significantly.<BR>The standard regimen of chemotherapy at the time of the previous study was SM, INH plus PAS and now it was changed to INH-ERFP plus SM or EB. Although negative conversion of tubercle bacilli become rapid and sure, duration of chemotherapy was still longer than the standard duration which was recommended by the Japanese Society for Tuberculosis in 1980.<BR>The patients of discharged after improvement were increased and the patients of stayed in sanatoria were decreased, but period of hospitalization was seemed to be unnecessaril y long.<BR>The dead patients were increased and of 72% died from illness other than tuberculosis.
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