[Errors in the diagnosis of tuberculosis of the respiratory organs in a pulmonological hospital and the possibilities of their prevention].

Respiratory tuberculosis in a pulmonary inpatient setting is not rare but, as a rule, is not diagnosed in time. Tuberculosis-directed alertness, especially in patients with an atypical lingering course of disease, the absence of the effect of nonspecific antibacterial therapy, risk factors (immunodeficiency state, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism, prolonged glucocorticoid therapy), and the disease-oriented screening permit early diagnosis of respiratory tuberculosis.