The current status and diagnostic and therapeutic progress of common post-tuberculosis pulmonary disease
LIU Xiaoning
LIANG Yaxue
WANG Hua
Abstract：Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide.China is still one of the countries with a high burden of tuberculosis.The structural and functional damage to lung tissue caused by post-tuberculosis pulmonary disease(PTLD)imposes a considerable disease burden on people.How-ever,due to the insufficient understanding of post-tuberculosis lung diseases in the past,the long-term manage-ment of this disease has been lacking for the post-tuberculosis population.This article elaborates on the epidemiol-ogy and hazards,pathogenesis,clinical manifestations,diagnostic methods,treatment and preventive measures of common PTLD,with the aim of enhancing the awareness and attention of tuberculosis physicians to PTLD.It also summarizes the limitations in the etiological mechanism,diagnosis and treatment methods of PTLD,as well as the urgency of in-depth research.
Keywords：post-tuberculosis pulmonary diseasepathogenesisclinical manifestationsdiagnostic methods
Publication Date：2025-10-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-10-21(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 2985-2990 )