Tuberc Respir Dis.  1975 Sep;22(3):115-117. 10.4046/trd.1975.22.3.115.

A bacteriological study on infection complicated in chronic pulmonary tuberculosis

• KMID: 2528990
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1975.22.3.115

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.