The clinical observation of oral Chemotherapy for the pulmonary tuberculosis patients on ambulatory basis Yonsei University Medical School

Kim, Ki Ho; Ham, Sung Sook; Lee, Soon Ja; Han, Jong Joon

doi:1958.0.5.37

Tuberc Respir Dis > Issue 5; 1958 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1958;5:37-39.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1958.5.1.37 Published online December 1, 1958.

The clinical observation of oral Chemotherapy for the pulmonary tuberculosis patients on ambulatory basis Yonsei University Medical School

Ki Ho Kim, Sung Sook Ham, Soon Ja Lee, Jong Joon Han

Department of Thoracic Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

통원환자에 대한 경구적 화학요법의 임상적 관찰

김기호, 함성숙, 이순자, 한종준

Abstract

The authors have tried to evaluated the effectiveness of oral chemotherapy in155cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis patients on ambulatory basis. Bactcriologically sputum conversion at the end of 6 months of therapy was 43.3%. Radiologically 68.4% showed improvement, Through these observations, during the first 6 months of chemotherapy, this form of treatment seems to be as good as other forms of combined therapy in which streptomycin is included, the authors feel that the oral chemotherapy may be particularly indicated in patients in whom the injection therapy is difficult or impossible because of various factors.