[The course and treatment and efficiency of surgical treatment for disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis].

Chemotherapy for disseminated tuberculosis by the schemes regulated by the Order "On Improvement of Tuberculosis-Controlling Measures in the Russian Federation" issued by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation under No. 109 on March 21, 2003, leads to the regression of intoxication syndrome and the normalization of general blood analysis parameters in most patients, provides bacterial excretion cessation in 72.7% of the patients and decay cavity closure in 53.8%. The extent of the process, the presence of multiple decay cavities, and the detection of drug resistance are the main causes of ineffective treatment in patients with disseminated tuberculosis.