[Role of occupational factors in the incidence and course of respiratory system tuberculosis in fishery workers in the South Far East].

Tuberculosis morbidity among fishery workers in the South of Russian Far East remains high. Moreover, it is higher in fishermen working in the sea than in those who are engaged in fish-factories. This conclusion on fishing as a factor of tuberculosis risk was made basing on the results of 91 patients with tuberculosis of the respiratory organs. 65.9% of them were members of fishing ship's crew (group 1), 34.1% were workers of fish-factories (group 2). Pulmonary infiltrative tuberculosis running with exudation was typical for both groups, but group 1 subjects developed destruction of pulmonary tissue and discharged bacteria significantly more frequently. They had more compromised cellular immunity.