[Tuberculosis of the respiratory tract and chronic alcoholism].

Tuberculosis of respiratory organs was studied in chronic alcoholics under the conditions of an industrial city the Republic of Byelarus after the Chernobyl atomic power plant accident. Respiratory tuberculosis was found to occur in chronic alcoholics more frequently than in those without chronic alcoholism, to run relatively badly, destructive form and bacterial isolation being commonly, therapeutical efficiency in them was reduced, and long-term prognosis was under question. Controlled combined anti-tuberculous and antialcoholic treatment should be performed in chronic alcoholics with tuberculosis.