Investigation of patients 60 years of age and older with different clinical forms of pulmonary tuberculosis revealed chronic bronchitis in 76-80%, obstructive bronchitis--in 1/3 of all cases. The diagnosis of chronic bronchitis in most cases is established on the basis of clinico-roentgenological and functional examination and partially by fiber bronchoscopy. Chronic bronchitis essentially changes the semeiotics, exacerbates the course and worsens the outcome in tubercular patients with associated pathology.
Aged Aged, 80 and over