Gale G L
Can Med Assoc J. 1976 Apr 3;114(7):612-4.
Cultures from 80 out of 1667 patients (4.8%) admitted consecutively to a tuberculosis hospital grew atypical mycobacteria. With four strict criteria it was concluded that the mycobacteria isolated were the cause of the disease in 47 of these patients. The majority of these organisms were resistant to most, and in seven cases to all, of the antituberculous drugs. Ten patients responded poorly to treatment and 14 patients (30%) died, 8 of these from uncontrollable pulmonary infection with the atypical organisms. It is suggested that a recent, simplified classification of mycobacteria proposed by Runyon be adopted.
连续入住一家结核病医院的1667名患者中，有80名（4.8%）的培养物中生长出非典型分枝杆菌。根据四项严格标准得出结论，在这些患者中，有47名患者分离出的分枝杆菌是疾病的病因。这些微生物中的大多数对大多数抗结核药物耐药，在7例中对所有抗结核药物均耐药。10名患者对治疗反应不佳，14名患者（30%）死亡，其中8名死于非典型微生物引起的无法控制的肺部感染。建议采用Runyon最近提出的简化分枝杆菌分类法。
