A bacteriological study on infection complicated in chronic pulmonary tuberculosis

Kim, Ki Ho; Lee, Won Young; Chang, Dong Ik; Lee, Hye Ri

doi:1975.22.3.115

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 22(3); 1975 > Article

Original Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1975;22(3):115-117.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1975.22.3.115 Published online September 1, 1975.

A bacteriological study on infection complicated in chronic pulmonary tuberculosis

Ki Ho Kim, Won Young Lee, Dong Ik Chang, Hye Ri Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University, College of Medicine,Seoul, Korea

만성폐질환 중 페결핵에 합병된 세균감염에 대한 연구

김기호, 이원영, 장동익, 이혜리

Abstract

It seems that patients of pulmonary tuberculosis is rather higher incidence of upper respiratory infections. But it is quite difficult to identify the evidence of bacterial infection simplly by peripheral blood cell count or sputum examination. It is not clearely established that the: frequency and pathogenic organisms of it. Hereby we made a retrospective study to followings : verify the above stated facts, and obtained Pulmonary tuberculosis patient had been admitted to the Severance Hospital with suspected bacterial complication were reviewed (1 00 cases). 1) Evidence of positive blood cell count was noted organisms were identified only in 19. 3 % of al l. in 44 cases (44%) but offending. 2) Most frequent organisms of infection was pneumococcus, and then alpha.streptococ cus and neisseria in order. 3) Almost a half of the patient had one or more evidence of infection, but sputum bacteriologic examination is not a reliable measure to identify the offending organisms. 4) Further study is recommendable by another reliable method such as transtracheal asplration.