Abstract
SUMMARY In view of a relatively high incidence of cylindrical bronchiectasis as a complication of bronchopneumonias in Naval recruits, a study was undertaken on the infectious agents associated with this form of bronchiectasis. Isolation data from specimens obtained in 173 cases by bronchoscopy (including 108 cases of cylindrical bronchiectasis), were presented. Only two viral isolations, both of influenza B, were made in two cases of bronchiectasis. Adenovirus-antibody geometric mean titers were highest in cases of bronchiectasis (5.2), and lowest in non-pulmonary conditions (2.0). The incidence of patients with antibody titers against adenovirus of 1:64 and greater was 46.1 per cent in bronchiectasis, 27.0 per cent in bronchopneumonia (P= Hemophilus influenzae was isolated only in bronchiectasis (5.5 per cent), whereas, oral commensals were present almost universally. Statistically significant (P=
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