A Case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis treated with Adrenocortical Steroid and Non-Specific Antibiotcis

Abstract

In this report, a case of thirty-three years-old woman with an unusal course of pulmonary tuberculosis was presented, who received adrenocortical steroids and antibiotics (Sigmamycin, Erythromycin, and Chloramphenicol) without antituberculous drug therapy, because she was diagnosed uncorrectly as streptococcal pneumonia at first. Her general conditions improved with disappearance of fever and sputum after two month of the treatments, although her chest roentgenogram still showed the multiple nodular shadows in the left lung.
The histological examination of the resected left lower lobe after the treatment showed the finding of remarkable fibrosis in tuberculous foci, although the antituberculous drugs were not used.