[The comprehensive diagnosis and therapy of nonspecific bronchitis in patients with newly detected pulmonary tuberculosis].

Abstract

160 patients with destructive pulmonary tuberculosis of new onset were examined in a tuberculosis hospital. All of them were suspected of being ill with nonspecific bronchial disease after a questionnaire screening. Nonspecific bronchitis was diagnosed in 102 (63.7%) of them. The authors provided the criteria assessing the degree and characteristics of the bronchial tree mucous inflammation by reading endocytopulmonograms. Antituberculosis therapy combined with inhalations (including immozymase) leads to a 13% rise in the efficacy of tuberculosis treatment (cavern closure) and to a 2.5-week reduction in the terms of nonspecific bronchitis cure.

• Authors: V A Krasnov, V A Potashova, N N Kozhevnikov, S L Naryshkina, E M Zhukova, S I Platov, G A Lirman
• Journal: Problemy tuberkuleza (Probl Tuberk) Issue 1 Pg. 19-21 ( 1993) ISSN: 0032-9533 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Kompleksnaia diagnostika i terapiia nespetsificheskikh bronkhitov u bol'nykh s vpervye vyiavlennym tuberkulezom legkikh.
• PMID: 8327430 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Bronchitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid (cytology)
• Bronchoscopy
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Remission Induction
• Respiratory Function Tests
• Tuberculosis, Pulmonary (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)