Evolution of bronchitis in young patients from the point of view of instrumental and bacterial examination methods

Аннотация

We examined 128 patients with the age from 18 to 35 years. 20 individuals without preexisting lower respiratory tract diseases were chosen for comparison as a seperate group. They were clinically and endoscop-ically dignosed with a foreign body of the respiratory tract and underwent bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage for bacteriological analysis. 108 patients were diagnosed with recurrent bronchitis (ICD-10 J.40). These patients were further divided into 3 groups. We also performed the additional bacteriologic analysis of feces in order to determine the relationship between changes in the bronchial microbiocenosis under the influ-ence of the antibiotic therapy in comparison with the changes in the intestinal biocenosis.