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Monaldi Arch Chest Dis ; 53(3): 262-7, 1998 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9785808

ABSTRACT

Patients affected with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) undergo frequent exacerbations of their illness characterized by increased cough and expectoration. The precise aetiology of these episodes often remains unknown. In the absence of clinical or radiographic signs of pneumonia, bacterial or viral cultures of sputum usually provide little useful information. Thus, we performed fibreoptic bronchoscopy using a protected specimen brush (PSB) to obtain uncontaminated secretions for culture from 56 patients with COPD, 16 with stable clinical conditions and 40 affected with exacerbations of the disease. The aim of our study was to evaluate bronchial microbial flora by quantitative aerobic and anaerobic culture of each specimen. Twenty five subjects (45%), 4 (16%) in stable state and 21 (84%) with COPD exacerbations, had specimens which gave rise to significant bacterial growth (> 10(3) colony forming units.mL-1). The predominant bacteria were Streptococcus pneumoniae (in 10 cases) and alpha-haemolytic streptococci (in 6 cases); other bacteria found were coagulase-negative staphylococci and Branhamella catarralis in (2 cases each), and Proteus mirabilis, Haemophilus influenzae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aerococcus viridans and Chromobacterium violaceum (each in a single case only). Although significant bacterial growth was more frequently found in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations and in those with a higher degree of bronchial inflammation, the differences between the two groups of patients were not statistically significant. Nevertheless, the results obtained in our study confirm the validity of and the need for reliable sampling methods (like the protected specimen brush) to demonstrate significant bacterial colonization of the airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.


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Bacterial Infections/diagnosis , Bronchi/microbiology , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/microbiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology , Aged , Bronchoscopy , Female , Humans , Male , Respiratory Tract Infections/diagnosis , Specimen Handling
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Monaldi Arch Chest Dis ; 48(3): 210-2, 1993.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8369785

ABSTRACT

A 65 year old man presented with exacerbation of the chronic bronchitis from which he had been suffering for several years. A chest X-ray revealed disatelectatic pulmonary zones. Bronchoscopy showed numerous nodules, beginning at the mid-trachea and extending into the major bronchi. Histological examination of the biopsy specimens demonstrated well-differentiated cartilaginous tissue, consistent with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica.


Subject(s)
Bronchial Diseases/pathology , Osteochondrodysplasias/pathology , Tracheal Diseases/pathology , Aged , Bronchial Diseases/complications , Humans , Lung Diseases, Obstructive/etiology , Male , Ossification, Heterotopic/complications , Ossification, Heterotopic/pathology , Osteochondrodysplasias/complications , Pulmonary Atelectasis/etiology , Tracheal Diseases/complications
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Monaldi Arch Chest Dis ; 48(2): 130-3, 1993.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8390898

ABSTRACT

A 61 year old man presented with chronic bronchitis, which he had been suffering from for many years, and reported the recent onset of polyuria with polydipsia. A chest X-ray showed a peripheral pulmonary nodule in the right lower lobe, that was diagnosed as small cell lung cancer following histological examination of the pulmonary tissue specimen, obtained with transbronchial biopsy. After establishing the central origin of the diabetes insipidus, its cause was revealed by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, that demonstrated metastasis to the hypothalamic-neurohypophyseal area.


Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Small Cell/complications , Carcinoma, Small Cell/secondary , Diabetes Insipidus/etiology , Hypothalamic Neoplasms/complications , Hypothalamic Neoplasms/secondary , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Pituitary Neoplasms/complications , Pituitary Neoplasms/secondary , Humans , Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiopathology , Male , Middle Aged
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