Abstract: Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with corticosteroids.MethodsWe analyzed retrospectively 59 hospitalized patients with pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with corticosteroids treated in hospital during 2001—2006.ResultsAll patients received treatment for twelve months. The effective rate was 78.3%, 5 patients died of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), 8 patients had no response; Among patients with extensive lesions in Chest X-ray, lesion decreased in 49 cases, cavities shrunk in 12 cases, and sputum smear converted to negative in 17 cases. ConclusionsThe prevention of pulmonary tuberculosis complicated with corticosteroids should be awared, with following-up for chest X-ray and sputum smear performed periodicitily. Good therapeutic efficacy can be seen when treatment given in time.

Key words: pulmonary,tuberculosis/etiology, Tuberculosis,pleural/etiology, Adrenal cortex hormones