There is conducted the retrospective analysis of 18,000 cards of the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, registered in the Odessa region tuberculosis dyspensary. 126 medical workers ill with this disease in a period from 1995 to 2000 are revealed.
It is established, that the medical workers of stomatology type suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis are at one level with ill phtysiatrists, that allows to include stomatologists in the risk group of this pathology.