[The elimination of chemotherapy side effects in pulmonary tuberculosis patients]. / Ustranenie pobochnykh reaktsii khimioterapii bol'nykh tuberkulezom legkikh.

Neurotoxic side-effects of tuberculosis chemotherapy occurred in 14.9% of patients with tuberculosis treated prophylactically with intramuscular pyridoxine infusions. Use of small doses of nootropil (piracetam) allowed to control the side-effects (headache and vertigo, sleep disorders, irritation, memory disorders) and to continue treatment with isoniazide, one of the most potent tuberculostatic agents.

[The status of patients with tuberculosis--migrants and those who have resided in other areas--and their treatment results]. / Sostav bol'nykh tuberkulezom--migrantov i prozhivavshikh na drugikh territoriiakh--i rezul'taty ikh lecheniia.

The problem of patients who returned from other territories and were previously observed in other tuberculosis institutions is analyzed. Their number is gradually increasing. With an example of some tuberculosis dispensaries of Kiev where registration of persons from other territories is limited it was shown that 88 per cent of the patients lived in Kiev: 47.5 per cent of them were intracity migrants and 52.5 per cent were persons who returned to Kiev after living for prolonged periods in other territories. The two groups of the patients markedly differed by their social and clinical status. There were more troubles with the group of the patients who arrived after living for prolonged periods in other territories since the greater proportion of such patients included discharged prisoners, heavy alcohol drinkers and patients without compliance with their therapy. Low treatment efficacy of such patients required special approaches. Respective proposals are presented.