Desdiani Desdiani¹, Asysyukriati R. Prawiro², Dian Handayani³, Bachtiar Husain⁴, Chairul Nurdin Azali⁵, Siti Amanda⁶

lUniversity of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa Serang Banten Indonesia

²University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran

³University of North Sumatra ⁴Firdaus Hospital ⁵University of North Sumatra ⁶University of Trisakti

 ABSTRACT

 Bronchiectasis is an abnormal, chronic enlargement of the bronchi and associated with a clinical syndrome of cough, sputum production and respiratory infections. Bronchiectasis may appear in association with pulmonary tuberculosis. A 69 years old woman who had recurrent cough since       3 years ago and treated with the diagnosis of allergic bronchitis. Since 5 months ago she had complained cough and shortness of breath. She was admitted to Intensive Care Unit with reduced consciousness and used ventilator for almost a month, had chronic hypercapnea and no response with antibiotic therapy and inhalation. After two weeks, she had improved by tuberculosis treatment and macrolid antibiotics even though pCO2 levels were difficult to decreased.

Keywords: Bronchiectasis, HRCT, Hypercapnea, Tuberculosis,