[The efficacy of sanatorium treatment of adolescents with destructive tuberculosis of the lungs].

Compared to the urban population, tuberculosis morbidity among adolescents living in the rural areas means a greater number of serious cases prone to decomposition and dissemination processes as a consequence of their late detection. Sanatorium and health resort treatment of adolescents with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis appears to be highly effective in the institutions situated along the southern shore of the Crimea.