RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic suppurative lung disease with associated vasculitis.
JF Postgraduate Medical Journal
JO Postgrad Med J
FD The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
SP 24
OP 27
DO 10.1136/pgmj.71.831.24
VO 71
IS 831
A1 I. N. Bruce
A1 J. A. McAteer
A1 P. V. Gardiner
A1 R. J. McFarland
A1 J. M. Sloan
A1 A. L. Bell
YR 1995
UL http://pmj.bmj.com/content/71/831/24.abstract
AB We report a patient with chronic bronchiectasis who developed systemic vasculitis. The patient was initially treated with immunosuppression; however, the addition of antibiotic therapy improved control of her vasculitis and the need for immunosuppression was reduced. Chronic bronchial suppuration may have an aetiological role in the pathogenesis of this condition.