Mariana Conceição

Jan 31, 2024 | err.ersjournals.com | Mariana Conceição |Michal Shteinberg |James Chalmers

IntroductionBronchiectasis is associated with chronic respiratory bacterial infection, which perpetuates airway inflammation [1, 2]. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most frequent organism in severe bronchiectasis [3–7]. Chronically infected patients with P. aeruginosa have worse quality of life, increased exacerbations and hospital admissions, and poorer prognosis [8–10]. In cystic fibrosis patients, the role of P.