A case of Refractory Bloody Sputum due to Pulmonary Atypical Mycobacteriosis Successfully Treated by Shakanzoto and Yokuinin
10.3937/kampomed.64.115
- VernacularTitle:肺非結核性抗酸菌症の繰り返す血痰に炙甘草湯と薏苡仁の併用が奏功した1例
- Author:
Keiji KUWATANI
;
Mosaburo KAINUMA
;
Masaki KUBOTA
;
Norihiro FURUSYO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pulmonary atypical mycobacteriosis;
shakanzoto;
yokuinin;
mycobacterium avium complex
- From:Kampo Medicine
2013;64(2):115-118
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary atypical mycobacteriosis is a refractory pulmonary disease that has become resistant to the commonly used medicines. Here we report a case in which shakanzoto with yokuinin was useful in the treatment of bloody sputum caused by pulmonary atypical mycobacteriosis through Mycobacterium avium complex infection. An 86-year-old woman was diagnosed with pulmonary atypical mycobacteriosis four years before hospital admission because of repeated incidents of bloody sputum that had been unsuccessfully treated with stypsis. We administered shakanzoto with yokuinin, after which the bloody sputum disappeared rapidly. Although shakanzoto is usually prescribed for arrhythmia and cardioneurosis, our results suggest that shakanzoto is also useful for pulmonary diseases in which the pulse rate is irregular.
