[Microflora of the bronchial contents in chronic lung diseases].

The parallel bacteriological and mycological study of the contents of the bronchi in patients with various forms of chronic pneumonia provided a clearer picture of the causative agents of the disease. The composition of microflora in the bronchial contents corresponded to the severity of the process. Uncomplicated chronic pneumonia took its course with a bacterial monoculture, belonging predominantly to the family of pyogenic cocci, present in the discharges. The formation of abscesses and the development of bronchioectases proceeded of bacterial and mycotic associations. The development of malignant tumors was accompanied by the colonization of the pulmonary ways by a variety of organisms, including bacteria of the fecal flora.