Experience with mesodiencephalic modulation in the combination treatment of patients with tuberculosis

Abstract

To study the clinical efficiency of using mesodiencephalic modulation (MDM) as therapy in the combination treatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, the authors examined two groups: 1) the patients who received a MDM cycle in combination with chemotherapy regimens (a study group); 2) those treated using standard chemotherapy regimens (a control group). By the end of one-month therapy, the study group ceased bacterial excretion twice more often than the control group that exhibited the similar results only by the end of three-month treatment. MDM as therapy produced positive X-ray changes in 76.0% of the cases in the study group and in 44.4% in the control one. MDM used in the combination treatment of patients with tuberculosis makes it possible to reduce the length of hospital stay, the number of round-the-clock beds, and the cost of treating these patients.

Keywords

• туберкулез
• электротерапия
• патогенетическая терапия
• экономический эффект