Inhaled corticosteroids and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in outpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective cohort study.
Christian RønnPeter KamstrupChristian Kjer HeerfordtPradeesh SivapalanJosefin EklöfJonas Bredtoft BoelChristian OstergaardRam Benny DessauMia MobergJulie JannerCharlotte Suppli UlrikJens-Ulrik Stæhr JensenPublished in: BMJ open respiratory research (2024)
in outpatients with COPD. High dose users had a nearly six times increased hazard compared with non-users of ICS. When appropriate, attempts at de-escalating ICS treatment should be made.