Clinical And Radiological Features Of Drug-Resturant Lung Tuberculosis

The aim of the study was to determine the structure, clinical and rustiological features of the pathological<br> process, as well as to study the effectiveness of treatment of these patients. For this purpose, 62 patients with<br> drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis were examined: bacterioscopic and bacteriological sputum exami-<br> nation, X-ray and CT examinations of the chest, Diaskintest, and to detect susceptibility to anti-tuberculosis<br> drug sputum examination by the GeneXpert method and sputum culture in the Levenshtein-Jensen nutrient<br> medium. The results of the study showed that MDR-TB of pulmonary tuberculosis occurred most frequently<br> (40% of all patients) among the drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. As a result of complex, intensive<br> treatment of patients with drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, a relatively rapid cessation of bacilli was<br> observed in patients with mono-resistant, and in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with MDRTB and<br> XDR TB-late cessation of bacilli. Earlier closure of the decay cavities in patients with drug-resistant pul-<br> monary tuberculosis was observed in patients with mono-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, and more recently<br> in patients with MDR and XDR forms.