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KMID : 0383819600070010049
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1960 Volume.7 No. 1 p.49 ~ p.52
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An Analysis Of The Causes Of Failure In The Treatment Of Pulmonary Tuberculosis And The Results Of Subsequent Treatment.
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이효근(李孝根)/Hyo Keun Lee
함성숙(咸聖淑)/박성옥(朴性玉)/최용옥(崔容玉)/민범식(閔範植)/Sung Suk Ham/Sung Ok Park/Youg Ok Choi/Bum Shik Min
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the causes of treatment failure in pulmonary
tuberculosis and the results of subsequent treatment.
Patients whose sputum remained positive for acid-fast bacilli after one year´s
chemotherapy were classed as "treatment failures".
A hundred and fifty-eight treatment failures were reviewed and following results were
found. The main causes of treatment failure were (1) treatment began late in the cause
of the disease and (2) irregular chemotherapy. These were due to the fact that
pulmonary tuberculosis usually fails to produce any symptom which can be recognized
by the patient and the tendency of patient to judge the condition of his lungs according
to symptoms.
The results of subsequent treatment with various anti-tuberculosis agents of treatment
failure cases were very slight and there was no significant difference among the various
regimens employed. Combination of various drugs showed no significant superiority over
that obtained by INH alone. INH is much cheaper and so adequate for this type of
patient.
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