title: Chronic obstructive airways disease following treated pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: Seventy-one subjects who had previously been treated for tuberculosis up to 16 years before underwent pulmonary function assessment. Evidence of airways obstruction was found in 48 (68%). There was an inverse relationship between the extent of the disease on the original chest radiograph and the forced expired volume in one second (FEV1). A similar inverse relationship between the amount of sputum produced and the FEV1 and the original chest radiograph was also found. Treated pulmonary tuberculosis is a cause of significant chronic obstructive airways disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory Cape, South Africa.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Willcox
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012115:Residual Volume; D014109:Total Lung Capacity; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014797:Vital Capacity