Retrospective analysis of bronchial asthma patients complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis

Objective To study the correlation between bronchial asthma and tuberculosis.Methods 88 tuberculosis patients with main manifestation of bronchial asthma from 2000 to 2007 were retrospective analyzed.Results Bronchial asthma and tuberculosis interacted pathogenic factors.Tuberculosis cases with main manifestations of asthma were easily misdiagnosed.The misdiagnosis rate in this observation was 81.8% in which bronchial tuberculosis and atypical tuberculosis accounted for 64.8%.Effective antituberculosis drugs were used for rational chemotherapy for controlling tuberculosis and alleviating asthma symptoms.The use of corticosteroids should be in short term and low dose and mainly inhalated to avoid aggravating or spreading of tuberculosis.Conclusion Bronchial asthma and tuberculosis interacted and control asthma anticipated to antituberculosis treatment aided by use of short-term and low-dose corticosteroids or inhaled corticosteroids.