Clinical features of disseminated lung tuberculosis in a severe epidemiologic situation

Abstract

The article displays clinical and radiological follow-up analysis of 98 patients with disseminated lung tuberculosis in a severe epidemiological situation. Currently the disseminated tuberculosis is diagnosed more often in patients younger than 40 yrs. Clinical features were intensive, intoxication syndrome presented in 93.9%, local signs in 92.9 % of the patients and only 2 % of them did not demonstrate clinical symptoms. Extrapulmonary lesions were quite rare (18.4 %), 85.1 % of the patients were МВТ positive, destructive cavities were detected in 76 % of them. Of the patients with destructive lung injuries, 85.1 % had multiple cavities that greatly worsening the prognosis.