Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Disease Due to Mycobacterium kansasii

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Over a period of thirteen years, 35 patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Ill., have undergone thirty-eight surgical procedures, including thirty-four pulmonary resections and four collapse procedures, for pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium kansasii. Major complications following operation occurred in 2 patients; 1 died from staphylococcal empyema. All patients with positive sputum cultures achieved prompt bacteriological conversion following operation. Long-term follow-up ranging from one to more than eleven years following operation was available in 31 of the 35 patients. All patients achieved a quiescent or inactive status. There were 2 late deaths due to unrelated causes.

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Presented at the Seventh Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Dallas, Tex., Jan. 18-20, 1971.

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