title: Bacterial tracheobronchitis. A rare cause of adult airway stenosis.
abstract: Bacterial tracheobronchitis is a rare cause of airway stenosis in adults. This report describes a 73-year-old woman with a recent history of polysialadenitis, who presented with severe airway obstruction due to infection and stenosis of tracheal and bronchial tissue. Tissue culture of the bronchial mucosa showed growth of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE). Sputum culture showed growth of MRSE, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae and Enterococcus faecalis; the same organisms were cultured from the salivary glands. Tracheostomy and antibiotic therapy were effective in controlling the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: Naohiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Jitsuo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Higaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014139:Tracheostomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents