[Etiologic structure of exacerbations in chronic bronchitis]

Autor: Iu N, Shteĭngardt, E B, Bukreeva, E I, Khristoliubova, E V, Rusakova, L I, Alekseenkova
Rok vydání: 1988
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Zdroj: Terapevticheskii arkhiv. 60(11)
ISSN: 0040-3660
Popis: The etiological appearance of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis was investigated in 117 patients. A combined study was aimed at the detection of viral, mycoplasmal, fungal and bacterial endobronchial infections. The etiological role of the latter was verified by a pathogen isolated from the sputum. Exacerbation of chronic bronchitis was determined by bacterial (79%) and/or viral (55%) infections, mostly by pneumococcal infection (45%), H. influenzae (30%), and influenza (31%). The role of pyogenic cocci was minimal (2%). Exacerbation of chronic purulent endobronchitis was more frequently caused by H. influenzae than in catarrhal bronchitis. In 9% of the patients the infectious etiology of an inflammatory bronchial process could not be established.
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