title: [Surgical treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis with sputum long-term Mycobacterium tuberculosis positive].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the importance of surgical treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis with sputum long-term Mycobacterium tuberculosis positive.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-five patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who failed antituberculosis chemotherapy received lung resection or thoracoplasty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sputum negative conversion was found in sixty-three patients without recurrence during 1-3 year follow-up, while sputum positive conversion was found only in one case during the period of follow-up. Among all the patients, one died of respiratory failure after the operation, three complicated with empyema and recovered from operating again.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical operation is still important for treating pulmonary tuberculosis patients with sputum long-term Mycobacterium tuberculosis positive.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Hospital, Beijing.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*