Isolation of and risk factors for airway infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.
Mara Rúbia Fernandes de FigueiredoIsabella LomonacoAmanda Souza AraújoFernando Luiz Cavalcanti LundgrenEanes Delgado Barros PereiraPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2021)
In our sample, the prevalence of PA in sputum was 42%. Sputum color and inflammatory markers were able to predict the isolation of PA, emphasizing the importance of routine sputum monitoring.