[Organization of timely detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in an investigatory isolation ward].

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of fluography (FLG) as a technique for the timely detection of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in an investigatory isolation ward. According to the WHO data, at early detection stages the bacteria-discharging persons should constitute about 80% of all cases. Analysis of the first FLG films made in 22,973 prisoners in 2005-2007 revealed abnormalities in 7.

[The course of a process and the efficiency of treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis patients excreting Mycobacterium tuberculosis with extensive drug resistance to antituberculous drugs].

Forty-one pulmonary tuberculosis patients (32 males and 9 females) excreting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) with extensive drug resistance to antituberculous drugs were examined. The process was first detected in 14.6% of the patients.

[Drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis at the penitentiaries].

In recent years, the penitentiaries of Russia have tended to show some stabilization of some tuberculosis indices. In 2006, its morbidity and mortality versus 1999 decreased by 3 times and amounted to 1387 and 79 per 100,000, respectively. The spread of its drug-resistant forms has a considerable impact on the deterioration of the tuberculosis epidemic situation.

[Efficiency of a new standard chemotherapy regimen in the treatment of patients with recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis].

The efficiency of conventional chemotherapy regimens was comparatively studied in 75 patients with recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis. In the patients with recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis, conventional chemotherapy regimen "2b" including isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, fluoroquinolone (ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and levofloxacin), and canamycin (amikacin) versus conventional chemotherapy regimen "2a" including isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, and streptomycin could cease bacterial isolation after 3-month therapy, as evidenced by sputum microscopy (86.1 and 62.

[Organization of antituberculous care in penitentiary facilities].

The paper presents the organizational aspects of antituberculous care delivered at penitentiary institutions of the Russian Federation. The priorities of development, including the interaction with civil public health care of Russia and the continuation of tuberculosis-controlling activities jointly with international organizations, are identified.