Causes of ineffective chemotherapy of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with diabetes mellitus

The causes of unsatisfactory result of treatment in 125 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus (DM) are presented. In every patient were revealed 2-4 and more nonfavourable factors, influencing the chemotherapy inefficacy. The main of them are: the severity of the DM course and of its complications, the patient's noncompliance of the treatment, the spreading of tuberculosis, the resistance of the tuberculosis Mycobacterium to preparations.