抄録
Since several years, I have been studying the flora of the respiratory tract, particularly of tuberculous patients by bronchoscopic examination.
The following are the results of investigation in relation between the secretion obtained by bronchoscopic examinations, sputum of pulmonary tuberculous patients.
1) The flora in the nose and the throat is same as found in the previous stndies except in the same wards a presence of low percentage of streptococcus haemolyticus.
2) A marked, decrease of bacterial flora was noted below the glottis.
3) The number, of flora is so few that it can be counted easily below the trachea.
4) In the trachea the flora was more numerous in cases of tuberculous than those of nontuberculous changes.
5) The percentage of flora is higher in the groups in which were detected tuberculous bacilli in sputum and in trachea.
6) The percentage of flora is higher in the cases in which was confirmed the presence of a cavity in the lung
