Clinic, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in mentally ill patients

Abstract

Many issues of the organization of pulmonary tuberculosis detection, diagnosis and treatment in general phthisiology have been largely solved, but they have not been fully developed in relation to contingents of patients suffering from psychiatric diseases. Literature data on this topic are quite contradictory and do not allow physicians to make correct conclusions. In recent years, research in this direction is practically nonexistent. In this connection, we have tried to summarize the data of the domestic literature.