Artificial Pneumothorax in Chemotherapy Failure Cases

Lee, Nae Sook; Kim, Joon Ho; Lee, Kyung Duk; Kwon, Dong Won; Rhu, Nam Soo; Cho, Dong Ill; Kim, Jae Won

doi:1983.30.4.214

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 30(4); 1983 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1983;30(4):214-218.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1983.30.4.214 Published online December 1, 1983.

Artificial Pneumothorax in Chemotherapy Failure Cases

Nae Sook Lee, Joon Ho Kim, Kyung Duk Lee, Dong Won Kwon, Nam Soo Rhu, Dong Ill Cho, Jae Won Kim

Departmimt of Chest Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

화학요법에 실패한 폐결핵 환자에 있어서의 인공기흉 2예

이내숙, 김준호, 이경덕, 권동원, 유남수, 조동일, 김재원

Abstract

Two cases of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis with persistant positive tubercle bacilli due to resistant strain were treated succesfully with artificial pneurnothorax under chemotherapy. Bacilli were converted 3 weeks after starting artificial pneumothorax on smears and cultures by sputum examination. Duration of closure of cavities is variable ranged from 2 months to 7 months. We feel that in some instance, when no other measure is likey to be useful, articial pneumothorax is considered to be one of the effeetive treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.