Elimination of Mycobacterium intracellulare from sputum after bronchial hygiene.

Autor: Ahn CH, Lowell JR, Onstad GD, Ahn SS, Hurst GA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Chest [Chest] 1979 Oct; Vol. 76 (4), pp. 480-2.
DOI: 10.1378/chest.76.4.480
Abstrakt: Three cases are presented, each of which had more than 20 positive cultures of sputum for Mycobacterium intracellulare, infiltrations, and a history of bronchiectasis. Two had complete and the third nearly complete, sputum conversion during a program of bronchial hygiene without chemotherapy. It is probable that these cases were only noninvasive colonizations in previously diseases lungs. Recommendations are given for a therapeutic approach in such cases.
Databáze: MEDLINE