[Treatment modalities applied to tuberculosis patients in a French department. Hautes-Pyrénées, 1973 to 1980].

This study of tuberculous treatment in a French department--Les Hautes Pyrenees--was carried out on 539 patients registered on an epidemiological card index from 1973 to 1980. Isoniazid, ethambutol and rifampicin were the drugs most commonly used and were prescribed in 96% of cases by Specialists in thoracic medicine. The mean duration of treatment was a little more than 12 months for the duration of the study. A quarter of the patients were admitted to hospital and this figure did not change during the study from one year to the next although the mean length of stay fell by half between 1973 and 1980, the longest stays in hospital were for social reasons.