Open AccessMONITORING OF DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENTS
Author(s) -
M. A. Yudenko,
D. Yu. Ruzanov,
S. V. Goponyako,
А. А. Холявкин,
И. В. Буйневич
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2016-13-4-14
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , palliative care , drug , mycobacterium tuberculosis , drug resistance , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , pathology , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Objective: to assess the results of clinical monitoring of drug-resistant tuberculosis in palliative care patients. Material and methods. We have analyzed the clinical data and results of the monitoring of drug resistant tuberculosis in 165 patients who were changed to palliative treatment. Results. Clinical forms with subacute course and secondary drug resistance of tuberculosis mycobacterium were found to predominate, within the first 12-18 months of the observation of palliative care patients as a rule no bacterioexcretion was detected. Conclusion. The analysis of the monitoring results will make it possible to optimize standards of management of patients with drug resistant tuberculosis who are changed to palliative care.