Problems of detection and treatment of caseous pneumonia

Abstract

Peculiarities of detection and treatment of caseous pneumonia depending on timely diagnostics were searched in 128 newly diagnosed patients. The primary detection of the disease in 86% of the patients was shown to be made mostly in therapeutic and pulmonological departments. The length of staying at general somatic hospitals exceeded 7 days in 56% of the patients. A correlation was studied between a delay of the detection of the caseous pneumonia in the general healthcare facilities and a high mortality rate which prevalently — in 63% of the cases — took place during first 2 months after the diagnosis was reached.
The study results demonstrated the necessity of the empirical (testing) anti-tuberculosis therapy in therapeutic departments under keeping the epidemiological requirements when continuing the signs suspected for acute progressive tuberculosis and caseous pneumonia in particular.