Bacterial tracheobronchitis. A rare cause of adult airway stenosis.
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.
Kadowaki
Toru
T
Department of Integrated Medicine and Informatics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan.
Hamada
Hironobu
H
Fujiwara
Ai
A
Miyoshi
Seigo
S
Hamaguchi
Naohiko
N
Ito
Ryoji
R
Higaki
Jitsuo
J
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents