[Results of ambulatory observation of patients registered as group O in an anti-tuberculosis dispensary].

414 patients registered under O-group, 149-under VIIB and 129-under IA were observed by the antituberculosis dispensary of Alma-Ata. The minor differences detected in the clinical symptomatology of these patients did not allow one to decide how the process was proceeding in a specific case. The results showed that it was advisable to enroll++ subjects not with focal, but with cirrhotic and disseminated processes, tuberculomas and intrathoracic lymphatic tuberculosis into the O-group. The presence of X-ray archiv does not rule the necessity of following-up in this group in some cases. The process activity in the O-group can be defined by such methods, as bacillary excretion test and study of X-ray dynamics in the presence of challenge therapy, while in cirrhoses and intrathoracic lymphatic tuberculosis, only bacillary excretion test can be done. The outcomes of observation, in addition traditional ones (transfer to IA and VIIB groups), may lead to the transfer to VIIA group and striking off the register of the antituberculosis dispensary. Direct and indirect economic impact of the observation in the O-group of the dispensary registration was estimated.