Modern approaches to initial chemotherapy regimens in older children, adolescents and patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis

Abstract

Destructive processes in the lungs in older children and adolescents account for 30-50% of all clinical forms of pulmonary tuberculosis [1, 9, 11]. The causes of destructive pulmonary tuberculosis are primarily late diagnosis and delayed initiation of therapy [6, 7].

Keywords

• туберкулез
• деструктивная форма
• схема терапии
• лекарственная устойчивость
• mycobacterium tuberculosis
• tuberculosis
• destructive form
• treatment regimen
• drug resistance
• mycobacterium tuberculosis