[Two cases of pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium szulgai].

This paper describes with two patients with pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium szulgai. The first patient was a 67-year-old man who consulted a doctor at the outpatient clinic of the Internal Medicine of our hospital, complaining with hemosputum. A chest X-ray showed an infiltrative shadow in the right upper lobe. A smear test of the sputum was negative but a culture was positive for mycobacteria. Second patient was a 37-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital, complaining with cough and fever. A chest X-ray showed an infiltrative shadow with cavity in the right upper lobe. A smear test was positive and culture was positive for mycobacteria. Cultured isolates of the two cases were indentified as M. szulgai. These two patients were treated with isoniazid, rifampicin and ethambutol daily. Their clinical symptoms improved and their sputum smears and cultures converted to negative for mycobacteria.