Pulmonary mycobacteriosis in personal clinical material

: There were analyzed 23 cases with non-tuberculosis mycobacterium infection, including 19 with mycobacteriosis and 4 with symptoms of colonisation. Among them nine patients were treated less than 6 months, but 14 ones were treated with different antituberculotic schedules during 6-24 months. In 9 patients of this group a sputum negativity was achieved. On the other hand, recurrents of mycobacteriosis was determined in 3 patients. Total observation period was extended from 2 to 6 years.