Abstract:Objectives To investigate the survival status and efficacy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during bronchoscopic cryotherapy for tracheobronchial tuberculosis.Methods Thirty cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains (15 cases of multi-drug resistant strains and 15 cases of sensitive strains) were collected from September 2021 to January 2022. Each strain of bacteria was divided into control group, experimental group 1 (frozen for 30 s), experimental group 2 (frozen for 1 min) and experimental group 3 (frozen for 2 min). Then observed the effects of different freezing time on the survival state of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 62 cases of confirmed bacterial positive TBTB (31 cases in the cryotherapy group and 31 cases in the non cryotherapy group) from September 2021 to January 2022 were selected as the research object to observe the effect of cryotherapy.Results The average rank values between the control group and the freezing treatment experimental group 1, the experimental group 2 and the experimental group 3 were 31.17∶29.83 and 29.78∶31.22, and the P values were 0.749 and 0.733, respectively, there was no statistically significant difference in the survival status of Mycobacteria. The average rank values between the control group and the experimental group 2, the control group and the experimental group 3, the experimental group 1 and the experimental group 2, the experimental group 1 and the experimental group 3 were 43.95∶17.05, 43.78∶17.22, 43.92∶17.08 and 43.75∶17.25, the differences were statistically significant (all P < 0.05). The average rank values of the sensitive and multi-drug-resistant plants in the experimental group 2 and experimental group 3 were 18.53∶12.47, 19.97∶11.03, and the P values were 0.042 and 0.003, respectively, the differences were statistically significant. The growth status of the multi-drug-resistant plants was worse than that of the sensitive plants. Before and after cryotherapy, the difference in the load of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was also statistically significant. The average rank values were 37.77 and 25.23, and the P < 0.05. After 3 months of cryotherapy, the effectiveness (83.87% and 9.68%) of the cryotherapy group was higher than that of the non cryotherapy group (29.03% and 41.94%), χ2 value was 18.96, P value was 0.000, the difference between the two groups was statistically significant. The effective lesion clearance rate of 93.55%, symptom remission rate of 96.77% and sputum negative conversion rate of 93.55% were also higher than those of the non cryotherapy group (70.97%, 74.19%, 70.97%), χ2 values were 5.42, 6.37, 5.42, P values were 0.020, 0.012, 0.020, and the differences between the two groups were statistically significant.Conclusion Cryotherapy under bronchoscopy plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of TBTB, and it is more direct and effective in the treatment of lesions. Sufficient freezing time and frequency can also have antibacterial and bactericidal effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the lesion.