Clinical characteristics of patients with bronchiectasis with nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in Mainland China: a single center cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnosis and treatment of patients with bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) pulmonary disease are challenging issues and the treatment is also prolonged and depends on the species. There is limited information on patients with bronchiectasis and NTM pulmonary disease in Mainland China.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China. Those adult patients who met the diagnostic criteria for bronchiectasis and obtained a culture result of mycobacteria from lower respiratory tract specimens or lung tissue were included in this study. A logistic regression model was used to identify the related factors in patients with NTM pulmonary disease.

Results

A total of 202 patients with bronc

SUBMITTER: Yin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650543 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature