%0 Journal Article %A Simona Apetrei %T Aspects of relationship between alcoholism and tuberculosis %D 2011 %J European Respiratory Journal %P p2596 %V 38 %N Suppl 55 %X This retrospective study aimed to determine the relationship between tuberculosis,an infectious disease and alcoholism a metabolic and behavioural chronic disease,in a region of Romania-an European country with a high incidence of tuberculosis. During the period 2007-2009 was registered 297 TB patients aged 15 in Urziceni area.Out of them 64were chronic alcoholics- 51.5% new cases and 48.5% relapses.From these cases,89.1% were men and 92.2% patients were from rural zone.The most affected age group was 55-64 years old.There prevailed the pulmonary forms,most of them being diagnosed with advanced states of sickness, intensely contaminating.The alcoholics have greater difficulty adapting to the rules and regulations of hospital life,more frequently leave the hospital against medical advise and are more commonly given disciplinary discharges.These patients had also a great frequency of associated pathology,especially digestive diseases,neuro-psyhic and cardiovascular pathology.The compliance to the treatment and the rate of favourable results were generally bad.The percentage of subjects cured was low-45.3%;the percentage of failures,relapses and deceased was important.The major reason for poorer prognosis and therapeutic results was the relative lack of cooperation of patients. The alcoholics have greater difficulty adapting to the rules and regulations of hospital life,more frequently leave the hospital against medical advise and are more commonly given disciplinary discharges.So,the alcoholism is strong associated with non-compliance,low social status and great frequency of other diseases and also the necessity for supplementary measures for rigorous surveillance and health education for this category of TB patients. %U