Risk Factors and Relation with Mortality of a New Acquisition and Persistence of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in COPD Patients
Miguel Ángel Martínez‐García, Rosa Faner, Grace Oscullo, David de la Rosa, Juan José Soler‐Cataluña, Marta Ballester, Alfonso Muriel, Àlvar Agustí
Abstract
= 0.001). We conclude that PA occurs frequently in clinically stable COPD patients, risk factors for a first PA isolation and PA persistence are different, and the latter (but not the former) is associated with increased all-cause mortality.
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COPDPersistence (discontinuity)MedicineInternal medicineSputumPseudomonas aeruginosaRisk factorBronchiectasisIsolation (microbiology)Sputum cultureMicrobiologyPathologyLungBiologyTuberculosisGeotechnical engineeringBacteriaEngineeringGeneticsCystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchNosocomial Infections in ICU