Chronic Nontuberculous Pulmonary Infections and Their Sequelae

It should be evident from this review that the early treatment and eradication of acute and subacute disease entitles within the respiratory system, is positively necessary if we are to expect to obviate their serious sequelae. The best treatment is, therefore, preventive, and little may be expected from medical measures after these chronic infections have become evident. It is the main and primary object of this discussion of chronic nontuberculous infections of the lungs to stress the urgent necessity of diagnosing the earliest etiologic pathologic states, which lead otherwise to an incurable and serious disease, and, do all in our power to promote, if possible, their prompt and thorough eradication.