Abstract
Bronchial mucosa biopsies from nine patients with bronchial asthma were examined by light and electron microscopy after 2 to 6 years of daily therapy with beclomethasone dipropionate by aerosol inhalations. Biopsies revealed no changes referrable to treatment.
Pharyngeal mucosa biopsies from five out of none patients examined by electron microscopy also revealed no changes referrable to treatment. Candida albicans was not detected in sputum cultures performed after the bronchoscopic examinations. This study showed no abnormal findings which appeared to be caused by inhalation of beclomethasone dipropionate.
