Epidemiology and outcomes of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria impose a considerable health-care burden and are associated with bronchiectasis exacerbation. This study investigated the clinical outcomes of adult patients with bronchiectasis following MDR bacterial infection.

Methods

From the Chang Gung Research Database, we identified patients with bronchiectasis and MDR bacterial infection from 2008 to 2017. The control group comprised patients with bronchiectasis who did not have MDR bacterial infection and were propensity-score matched at a 1:2 ratio. The main outcomes were in-hospital and 3-year mortality.

Results

In total, 554 patients with both bronchiectasis and MDR bacterial infection were identified. The types of MDR bacteria that most commonly affected the patients were MDR- Ac

SUBMITTER: Chang CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10865664 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature