Open AccessChronic bronchitis in patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
G. A. Smirnov,
I. M. Abashev
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj89512
Subject(s) - chronic bronchitis , medicine , tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , pulmonary tuberculosis , pulmonary disease , disease , chronic disease , bronchitis , pathology
The undulating course of chronic destructive pulmonary tuberculosis usually leads to the formation of pneumosclerosis, against which a chronic nonspecific infection develops. Manifestations of the latter often become leading in the clinical course of the disease, complicate the diagnosis of exacerbations of a specific process [4, 6, 8] and reduce the ability to work of patients [2J.