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Summary
780 sputum-positive cases of pulmonary tuberculosis are described with regard to their
broad outcome following a course of streptomycin, combined with either INAH or PAS.
All cases completed a course of streptomycin between March 1952 and May 1954. With
the exception of a very few cases who received some of their earlier treatment at
home, all 780 cases attended the clinic for out-patient treatment.
Attention is drawn to the number of cases who eventually required some form of collapse
treatment (56·3 per cent) and to the fact that only 108 cases (13·8 per cent.) could
eventually be extracted for some assessment of the effects of chemotherapy.
In these 108 cases, the results of chemotherapy are described. The view is expressed
that out-patient chemotherapy is remarkably successful in the treatment of pulmonary
tuberculosis in the Chinese of this Colony, and that it is fully justified as one
method of attack on the existing problem.
Emphasis is given to the way in which the 4×5 inch photo-fluorograph has been used
extensively not only for diagnosis but also for the institution and control of treatment
in pulmonary tuberculosis. The belief is expressed that this film has been outstandingly
efficient during the five years of its use in this way. A plea is made for its wider
application and trial in tuberculosis work.
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Received:
August 31,
1955
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© 1956 Baillière, Tindall & Cox, Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc.
