HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF RESECTED PULMONARY LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH UNCLASSIFIED MYCOBACTERIA

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About forty cases of unclassified mycobacterial infections were reported during the last 10 years in Japan. Six cases out of them were studied histopathologically in this report.<BR>One of them discharged two strains of unclassified mycobacteria repeatedly. The resected specimen of this case revealed two cavities, one cavitary contents yielding many scotochromo gen, the other non-photochromogen. The characters of these bacilli were similar to those from sputa. So we handled each cavity separately at the pathological observation, the total of the observed lesions being seven in this report.<BR>The clinical data of these cases are shown in Table 1. Prior to the treatment, all patients had shadows showing the presence of infiltrative and caseous lesions with cavities. All patients were treated with antituberculous drugs for about 2 months or more. But, as these unclassified bacilli showed resistance to antituberculous drugs, all cases did not receive effective treatment. All cultures from the cavitary contents of resected specimens yielded abundant unclassified mycobacteria. The bacteriological findings of these bacilli were reported previously. According to the classification after Dr. Runyon, 5 strains were scotochromogen, while two were non-photochromogen.
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