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aeruginosa</span>&#160;&#43;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Proteus mirabilis</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span>&#160;&#43;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Haemophilus influenzae</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span>&#160;&#43;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MRSA</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Streptococcus pneumoniae</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Enterobacter cloacae</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Aspergillus fumigatus</span></td><td>1</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">MRSA&#44; methicilin-resistant <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Staphylococcus aureus</span>&#46;<br></br></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Atypical mycobacteria were identified in 20 patients&#44; corresponding to 23 different isolations&#44; as 2 different species were isolated in 3 patients on different occasions&#46; The species belonging to <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Mycobacterium avium-complex</span> &#40;MAC&#41; were the most common &#40;65&#46;2&#37;&#41;&#44; followed by <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; kansasii</span> &#40;17&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; gordonae</span> &#40;8&#46;7&#37;&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; fortuitum</span> &#40;4&#46;3&#37;&#41; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; peregrinum</span> &#40;4&#46;3&#37;&#41;&#46; In most cases &#40;60&#46;9&#37;&#41; only one positive culture was identified&#46; Ten patients underwent treatment&#44; 9 for MAC and 1 for <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; Kansasii</span> infection&#44; of which 2 did not meet the nontuberculosis mycobacterial infection published criteria&#46;<a href="&#35;bib39" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">After the BE diagnosis&#44; 5 patients had pulmonary tuberculosis &#40;PT&#41;&#46;</p><a name="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Respiratory function</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The results of the functional assessments&#44; based on the most recent records&#44; are presented in <a href="&#35;t0010" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 2</a>&#46; Overall&#44; the FEV1 was 65&#37; of predicted&#44; of which 32&#37; had FEV1 &#60;50&#37;&#44; 31&#37; had between 50 and 70&#37; and 37&#37; reached &#62;70&#37;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Thirteen percent of the patients had type II and 5&#37; type I respiratory failure&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In a comparative analysis of pulmonary function of chronic and non-chronic colonized patients the figures &#40;<a href="&#35;t0015" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 3</a>&#41; showed statistically significant lower values of FVC&#44; FEV1&#44; FEV1&#47;FVC ratio and RV in colonized patients&#46; The differences between the TLC did not reach statistical significance&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 3&#46; Pulmonary function&#46;</p><a name="t0015" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Parameter</td><td>Total &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;195&#41;</td><td>Chronic colonized &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;43&#41;</td><td>Non-chronic colonized &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;152&#41;</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span> value</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>&#40;liters&#41;&#44; mean and SD<br></br>&#37; of predicted and SD</td><td>&#40;liters&#41;&#44; mean and SD<br></br>&#37; of predicted and SD</td><td>&#40;liters&#41;&#44; mean and SD<br></br>&#37; of predicted and SD</td><td>&#160;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>FVC  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">a</span></td><td>2&#46;51&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;87</td><td>1&#46;94&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;75</td><td>2&#46;67&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;84</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>84&#46;9&#160;&#177;&#160;23&#46;5</td><td>69&#46;5&#160;&#177;&#160;22</td><td>89&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;22&#46;1</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>FEV1  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">b</span></td><td>1&#46;78&#160;&#177;&#160;2&#46;7</td><td>1&#46;12&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;48</td><td>1&#46;74&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;75</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>65&#46;1&#160;&#177;&#160;25&#46;4</td><td>48&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;16&#46;2</td><td>70&#46;1&#160;&#177;&#160;25&#46;3</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>FEV1&#47;FVC</td><td>63&#160;&#177;&#160;14&#46;3</td><td>58&#46;8&#160;&#177;&#160;11&#46;2</td><td>64&#46;3&#160;&#177;&#160;14&#46;7</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>TLC  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">c</span></td><td>5&#46;02&#160;&#177;&#160;1&#46;2</td><td>4&#46;73&#160;&#177;&#160;1&#46;2</td><td>5&#46;08&#160;&#177;&#160;1&#46;2</td><td>ns  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">e</span><br></br>&#40;0&#46;121&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>101&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;19&#46;2</td><td>98&#46;3&#160;&#177;&#160;22</td><td>102&#160;&#177;&#160;18&#46;3</td><td>ns<br></br>&#40;0&#46;219&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>RV  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">d</span></td><td>2&#46;48&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;9</td><td>2&#46;6&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;93</td><td>2&#46;41&#160;&#177;&#160;2&#46;67</td><td>0&#46;033</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>137&#46;2&#160;&#177;&#160;49&#46;4</td><td>153&#46;9&#160;&#177;&#160;62</td><td>132&#160;&#177;&#160;153&#46;9</td><td>0&#46;012</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">a Forced vital capacity&#46;<br></br>b Forced expiratory volume in 1&#160;s&#46;<br></br>c Total lung capacity&#46;<br></br>d Residual volume&#46;<br></br>e Not significant&#46;<br></br></p><a name="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Aetiological investigation</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The exams carried out to investigate the BE aetiology are shown in <a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>&#46;</p><a name="f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"><img src="420v21n01-90385609fig1.jpg" alt="Aetiological investigation&#46; AAT&#44; &#945;1-antitrypsin&#46;"></img></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Figure 1&#46; Aetiological investigation&#46; AAT&#44; &#945;1-antitrypsin&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The CF genetic analysis was performed in 34 &#40;16&#46;8&#37;&#41; of the cases&#44; and 1 patient was found to have 1 mutation &#40;R334W&#41;&#46; The extensive genetic test was performed in 4&#46;9&#37; of the patients&#46; One mutation &#40;V754M&#41; was detected in 1 of the patients and 2 mutations &#91;G576A&#59; R668C&#93; were detected in another patient which after family screening was confirmed to be in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">cis&#46;</span> The sweat test in these patients was negative&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Five patients did a semen analysis&#44; and infertility was confirmed in 3 cases &#40;one was diagnosed as PCD and the other two were considered as of unknown cause&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In relation to the upper airways&#44; 45 patients &#40;22&#46;3&#37;&#41; did nasal CT and findings were suggestive of chronic sinusitis in 24 &#40;11&#46;9&#37;&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The aetiologies shown in <a href="&#35;t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 4</a> were based on the clinical records and the results of the exams carried out&#46; A definitive aetiological diagnosis was not established in 57&#46;4&#37; of the patients&#46; In 30&#46;3&#37; BE was post-infectious&#44; mostly secondary to tuberculosis &#40;27&#46;2&#37;&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 4&#46; Aetiological diagnosis and comparison with prospective studies&#46;</p><a name="t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Aetiology</td><td>Amorim et al&#46; &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;202&#41; &#37;</td><td>Pasteur et al&#46;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span>  &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;150&#41; &#37;</td><td>Shoemark et al&#46;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span>  &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;165&#41; &#37;</td><td>McShane et al&#46;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span>  &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;106&#41; &#37;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Unknown&#47;idiopathic</td><td>116 &#40;57&#46;4&#41;</td><td>80 &#40;53&#41;</td><td>43 &#40;26&#41;</td><td>7 &#40;6&#46;6&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Pos-infection &#40;PT  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">a</span>  and others&#41;</td><td>62 &#40;30&#46;3&#41;</td><td>44 &#40;29&#41;</td><td>54 &#40;32&#46;8&#41;</td><td>10 &#40;9&#46;4&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Primary ciliary dyskinesia</td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">e</span></td><td>3 &#40;1&#46;5&#41;</td><td>17 &#40;10&#41;</td><td>3 &#40;2&#46;8&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>ABPA  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">b</span></td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>11 &#40;7&#41;</td><td>13 &#40;8&#41;</td><td>1 &#40;0&#46;9&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Immunodeficiency</td><td>7 &#40;3&#46;5&#41;</td><td>12 &#40;8&#41;</td><td>11 &#40;7&#41;</td><td>33 &#40;31&#46;1&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Intestinal inflammatory disease</td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>2 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>5 &#40;3&#41;</td><td>2 &#40;2&#46;8&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#945;1-Antitrypsin deficiency</td><td>3 &#40;1&#46;4&#41;</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>12 &#40;11&#46;3&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Young&#39;s syndrome</td><td>0</td><td>5 &#40;3&#41;</td><td>5 &#40;3&#41;</td><td>0</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Panbronchiolitis</td><td>0</td><td>1 &#40;1&#41;</td><td>4 &#40;2&#41;</td><td>0</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Yellow nail syndrome</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4 &#40;2&#41;</td><td>0</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Nodular bronchiectatic disease</td><td>2 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>0</td><td>2 &#40;1&#46;2&#41;</td><td>10 &#40;9&#46;4&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Autoimmune disease</td><td>3 &#40;1&#46;4&#41;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">f</span></td><td>4 &#40;3&#41;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">f</span></td><td>3 &#40;2&#41;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">f</span></td><td>30 &#40;28&#46;3&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Aspiration</td><td>2 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>6 &#40;4&#41;</td><td>2 &#40;1&#41;</td><td>12 &#40;11&#46;3&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>CF  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">c</span> &#47;CFRD  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">d</span></td><td>3 &#40;1&#46;4&#41;</td><td>4 &#40;3&#41;</td><td>2 &#40;1&#41;</td><td>0</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Congenital anatomical defects</td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">g</span></td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>0</td><td>1 &#40;0&#46;9&#41;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">h</span></td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Others</td><td>&#160;</td><td>&#160;</td><td>&#160;</td><td>3</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">a Pulmonary tuberculosis&#46;<br></br>b Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis&#46;<br></br>c Cystic fibrosis&#46;<br></br>d Cystic fibrosis related disease&#46;<br></br>e Diagnosis not based on gold standard exams&#46;<br></br>f Rheumatoid arthritis&#46;<br></br>g Bronchial atresia&#46;<br></br>h Mounier&#8211;Kuhn syndrome&#46;<br></br></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The 7 cases of immunodeficiency include 2 IgA deficiencies &#40;with IgG4 deficiency&#41;&#44; 3 common variable immunodeficiencies and 2 hematologic malignancies&#46;</p><a name="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Discussion</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The 202 patients in the study were followed in the pulmonology outpatient service&#46; There was a predominance of female and non-smoker patients in the evaluated population&#44; which is consistent with most published series&#46;<a href="&#35;bib40" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">There was a long delay in diagnosis&#46; This could be due to the lack of specificity of BE symptoms which&#44; on many occasions&#44; can lead to a misdiagnosis of COPD or asthma<a href="&#35;bib42" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib43" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> with prognostic implications&#46;<a href="&#35;bib35" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib36" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib44" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The patient information was recorded and follow-ups carried out without a predefined protocol&#44; based on existing guidelines&#44; which certainly contributed to the absence of important clinical historic data&#44; subjective descriptions of some symptoms and the lack of appropriate investigation tests&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The result of the functional assessment was compatible with an obstructive pattern&#44; as described in the literature&#46;<a href="&#35;bib45" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib46" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The HRCT is considered the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">gold standard</span> diagnostic test for BE and in this review it was chosen as the confirmatory diagnostic method&#46; In most cases BE was bilateral and the predominant morphology was cylindrical&#44; followed by cylindrical in association with cystic&#46; This result is partly a consequence of a more generalized use of HRCT and its high sensitivity&#46;<a href="&#35;bib47" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib48" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">According to current recommendations&#44; sputum culture should be carried out regularly&#46;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib49" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> It was not quite clear why 115 &#40;56&#46;9&#37;&#41; patients had not had one or had fewer than 3 samples per year&#46; This may have led to an underestimation of the real number of chronic colonizations&#46; The bacteria most commonly isolated&#44; intermittently or only once&#44; was <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">H&#46; influenzae</span> and the bacteria most frequently associated with chronic colonization was <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span>&#46; The presence of the latter has been linked to greater clinical and functional severity&#44; greater numbers of exacerbations and worse quality of life&#46;<a href="&#35;bib33" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib50" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> This fact could explain why further bacteriological sputum tests had been requested for this subset of patients&#44; which means that <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span> may not be the bacteria most frequently associated with chronic colonization&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The pulmonary function was significantly worse in the chronic colonized patients&#44; which reflects the severity usually associated with the chronic infection&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The prevalence of mycobacteria in BE patients is relatively low&#44; ranging between 2&#37; and 10&#37;&#46;<a href="&#35;bib51" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib52" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21</span></a> In this series the prevalence was in this range&#44; MAC being the most common&#46;<a href="&#35;bib53" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The assessment of BE patients must always include the investigation of the primary cause&#46;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib49" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib54" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara"><a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a> shows the diagnostic tests carried out in total patients and in the cases of BE of unknown cause&#46; The percentage of tests done is similar between the two groups&#44; which suggests that further research could be done&#44; using our local resources&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">According to current recommendations&#44; a conductivity sweat test value &#62;60&#160;mmol&#47;l should be confirmed by chloride measurement<a href="&#35;bib55" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a>&#59; this is not available in our hospital&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The CF genetic test allowed the detection of mutations in 3 patients who were considered to have a CFTR-related disorder because the sweat test was negative and only one mutation or two mutations in cis were detected&#46;<a href="&#35;bib56" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib57" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">26</span></a> However&#44; to exclude CF with accuracy the quantitative sweat test should have been carried out on these patients and&#44; if necessary&#44; the nasal potential difference&#44; which is not done in our country&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In this review&#44; an aetiological diagnosis was obtained in 42&#46;1&#37; &#40;<a href="&#35;t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 4</a>&#41; and the post-infectious cause was the most common&#44; like other published series&#46;<a href="&#35;bib33" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib45" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib58" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">27</span></a> Compared with studies in which a diagnostic algorithm was applied prospectively &#40;<a href="&#35;t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 4</a>&#41; our result is lower&#46;<a href="&#35;bib35" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib36" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib59" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">COPD was not considered as a cause of BE&#44; despite the fact that some studies have shown an unexpectedly high incidence of BE in this disease&#46;<a href="&#35;bib59" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib60" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib61" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">30</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib62" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">31</span></a> In light of current knowledge&#44;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> BE associated with COPD should only be established after a careful aetiological work-up to exclude other associated diseases&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The reduced percentage or even absence of some pathologies in our study&#44; namely ABPA&#44; immunodeficiency and PCD<a href="&#35;bib35" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib36" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib37" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> suggest that the implementation of an algorithmic investigation and the availability of specific tests could facilitate the achievement of rare and&#47;or complex diagnosis&#46;</p><a name="sec0045" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conclusion</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">In the recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in BE and it is urgent to set out our practice in the latest existing guidelines and to review our standards of care&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In our country there are no specialized centres for BE&#59; not even in central hospitals&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">As BE can result from several diseases&#44; a detailed clinical history and physical examination is fundamental in order to establish the diagnostic hypothesis and to guide the research in the most appropriate way&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Our results show how important&#44; useful clinical and aetiological findings could be missed when a pre-existing protocol is not being used&#46; If the investigation and medical follow-ups were done with a pre-defined protocol based on current published guidelines&#44;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib49" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> we would probably have a higher percentage of accurate diagnoses and a better clinical characterization of the patients&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The establishment of dedicated outpatient clinics may help to improve the global management of these patients&#44; from diagnosis to therapeutic interventions&#44; and consequently improve prognosis and understanding of the natural course of the disease&#46;</p><a name="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Ethical disclosures</span><a name="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Protection of human and animal subjects</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors declare that no experiments were performed on humans or animals for this study&#46;</p><a name="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Confidentiality of data</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors declare that they have followed the protocols of their work center on the publication of patient data&#46;</p><a name="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors have obtained the written informed consent of the patients or subjects mentioned in the article&#46; The corresponding author is in possession of this document</p><a name="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conflicts of interest</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">Dr&#46; Javier de Gracia declare the following conflicts of interest&#58; received industry-sponsored grand funding from Grifolds&#44; Gilead&#44; Novartis for participating in clinical trials and received fees for lectures and other educational activities from Praxis&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Acknowledgements</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">I would like to thank the collaboration of all colleagues from the Pneumology Service who referred patients&#44; accompanied in outpatient care&#44; to be included in the investigation&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Received 12 November 2013 <br></br>Accepted 15 June 2014 </p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Corresponding author&#46; adelinamorim&#64;gmail&#46;com</p>"
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Bronchiectasis: A retrospective study of clinical and aetiological investigation in a general respiratory department
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b Pneumology, Centro Hospitalar de S. João, EPE, Porto, Portugal
c Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
d Pneumology, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES) Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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of the thorax &#40;bronchoarterial ratio &#8805;1&#44; dilated bronchi visible &#8804;1&#160;cm from parietal pleura&#44; cystic changes and a lack of normal bronchial tapering&#41; or the CT&#44; if unequivocal evidence of BE existed&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Patients with CF and interstitial pathology were excluded&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Each pulmonologist involved was totally responsible for the clinical records&#44; the follow-up and aetiological research&#44; without having to comply with any predefined protocol&#46; We arrived at an aetiological diagnosis based on the clinical records and the results of earlier diagnostic tests done by the patient&#39;s clinician&#46; There was no subsequent research done to complement our study&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The demographical&#44; clinical&#44; functional&#44; radiological and microbiological data were reviewed&#46; The exams that had been performed to explain the BE aetiology&#44; namely&#44; the sweat test&#44; cystic fibrosis &#40;CF&#41; genotyping&#44; measurement of serum immunoglobulins &#40;Igs&#41;&#44; &#945;1-antitrypsin &#40;AAT&#41; and the semen analysis were recorded&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The sweat test was performed by conductivity method and the CF genotyping test screened the 33 most frequent <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CFTR</span> mutations in Portuguese population&#46; In some cases a complete analysis of the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">CFTR</span> gene was performed&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The respiratory function tests were done according to standard international recommendations&#46;<a href="&#35;bib38" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The isolation of the same pathogen in at least 3 sputum samples&#44; for at least one year and with a minimal interval of one month&#44; was considered by the authors as the definition of chronic airway colonization&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Statistical analysis was done with SPSS 19&#44; 2010 software program &#40;Statistical Package for Social Sciences&#44; SPSS Inc&#46;&#44; Chicago&#44; IL&#44; USA&#41;&#46; Descriptive statistics &#40;mean&#44; standard deviation&#41; were used to summarize the data&#46; The Kolmogorov&#8211;Sminorv test was used to analyze the distribution of variables&#46; Variables with a normal distribution were analyzed using the student <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">t</span>-test&#44; while in the abnormal ones the Mann&#8211;Whitney <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">U</span> test was employed&#46; The significance level was set at <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span>&#160;&#60;&#160;0&#46;05&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The project was approved by the Ethics Committee for Local Health of the CHSJ&#46;</p><a name="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Results</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The clinical records of 202 patients with BE diagnosis were reviewed&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The diagnosis was established by HRCT in 94&#37; of the patients and by CT scan in the remaining patients&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The patients&#8217; general characteristics are shown in <a href="&#35;t0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 1</a>&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 1&#46; General characteristics&#46;</p><a name="t0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Characteristics</td><td>&#160;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td colspan="2"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Sex</span><span class="elsevierStyleItalic"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">n</span></span><span class="elsevierStyleBold">&#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Female</span></td><td>129 &#40;63&#46;9&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Age&#44; years</span> &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">mean</span>&#160;&#177;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SD</span>&#41;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">&#44; n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">202</span></td><td>54&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;15&#46;8</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Diagnosis age</span> &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">mean</span>&#160;&#177;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SD</span>&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">167</span></td><td>47&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;17</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Follow up&#44; years</span> &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">mean</span>&#160;&#177;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SD</span>&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;202</td><td>5&#46;61&#160;&#177;&#160;7&#46;1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Years elapsed from symptoms onset and diagnosis</span> &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">mean</span>&#160;&#177;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">SD</span>&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;133</td><td>16&#46;9&#160;&#177;&#160;15</td></tr><tr align="left"><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td colspan="2"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Smoking habits</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">n</span></span>&#160;&#61;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleBold">169 &#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Non-smokers</span></td><td>119 &#40;70&#46;4&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Smokers</span></td><td>19 &#40;11&#46;2&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Ex-smokers</span></td><td>31 &#40;18&#46;3&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td colspan="2"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Sputum</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">n</span></span>&#160;&#61;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleBold">187 &#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Daily</span></td><td>110 &#40;58&#46;8&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Purulent&#47;mucopurulent</td><td>83 &#40;75&#46;5&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Exacerbations</span></td><td>77 &#40;41&#46;2&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Dyspnea</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">n</span></span>&#160;&#61;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleBold">176 &#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td><td>74&#46;4</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Hemoptysis</span>&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">n</span></span>&#160;&#61;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleBold">202 &#40;&#37;&#41;</span></td><td>61 &#40;30&#46;2&#41;</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">Fertility information was missing for 40 &#40;54&#46;7&#37;&#41; of the male patients&#46; The upper airway symptoms were also rarely mentioned&#44; as well as&#44; occupational exposure to toxic chemicals&#44; family history of BE&#44; non respiratory symptoms and consanguinity data&#46;</p><a name="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Radiology</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">BE had a bilateral distribution in 89&#37; of the patients&#46; In 6&#37; of the cases only 1 lobe was affected and in 80&#46;4&#37; 4 or more lobes were affected or there were cystic changes in 2 or more lobes&#46; The predominant morphology was cylindrical &#40;47&#37;&#41;&#44; followed by cylindrical associated with cystic &#40;34&#37;&#41;&#46; The lower lobes &#40;LL&#41; were the most frequently affected &#40;right LL in 88&#37; and left LL in 86&#37;&#41;&#46;</p><a name="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Microbiology</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">Thirty-four patients &#40;16&#46;8&#37;&#41; did not have a record of a sputum microbiological examination&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Out of 168 patients with at least one sputum microbiological examination&#44; the most frequently isolated bacteria once or intermittently was <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Haemophilus influenzae</span> &#40;26&#46;8&#37;&#41;&#44; followed by <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Streptococcus pneumoniae</span> &#40;16&#46;7&#37;&#41; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</span> &#40;14&#46;9&#37;&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Eighty-seven patients &#40;43&#46;1&#37;&#41; had done 3 or more sputum examinations during the period of one year&#44; of which 43 &#40;49&#46;4&#37;&#41; met the chronic colonization criteria&#46; The most commonly isolated bacteria in this set of patients was <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span> &#40;81&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#44; associated in 3 cases with other bacteria&#44; followed by <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">H&#46; influenzae</span> &#40;9&#46;1&#37;&#41; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Achromobacter xylosoxidans</span> &#40;4&#46;7&#37;&#41; &#40;<a href="&#35;t0010" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 2</a>&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 2&#46; Chronic airway colonization&#46;</p><a name="t0010" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Microbiological agent</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;43 &#40;&#37;&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</span></td><td>32 &#40;74&#46;4&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Haemophilus influenzae</span></td><td>3 &#40;7&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Achromobacter xylosoxidans</span></td><td>2 &#40;4&#46;7&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span>&#160;&#43;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Proteus mirabilis</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span>&#160;&#43;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Haemophilus influenzae</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span>&#160;&#43;&#160;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">MRSA</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Streptococcus pneumoniae</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Enterobacter cloacae</span></td><td>1</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Aspergillus fumigatus</span></td><td>1</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">MRSA&#44; methicilin-resistant <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Staphylococcus aureus</span>&#46;<br></br></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Atypical mycobacteria were identified in 20 patients&#44; corresponding to 23 different isolations&#44; as 2 different species were isolated in 3 patients on different occasions&#46; The species belonging to <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Mycobacterium avium-complex</span> &#40;MAC&#41; were the most common &#40;65&#46;2&#37;&#41;&#44; followed by <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; kansasii</span> &#40;17&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; gordonae</span> &#40;8&#46;7&#37;&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; fortuitum</span> &#40;4&#46;3&#37;&#41; and <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; peregrinum</span> &#40;4&#46;3&#37;&#41;&#46; In most cases &#40;60&#46;9&#37;&#41; only one positive culture was identified&#46; Ten patients underwent treatment&#44; 9 for MAC and 1 for <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">M&#46; Kansasii</span> infection&#44; of which 2 did not meet the nontuberculosis mycobacterial infection published criteria&#46;<a href="&#35;bib39" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">After the BE diagnosis&#44; 5 patients had pulmonary tuberculosis &#40;PT&#41;&#46;</p><a name="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Respiratory function</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The results of the functional assessments&#44; based on the most recent records&#44; are presented in <a href="&#35;t0010" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 2</a>&#46; Overall&#44; the FEV1 was 65&#37; of predicted&#44; of which 32&#37; had FEV1 &#60;50&#37;&#44; 31&#37; had between 50 and 70&#37; and 37&#37; reached &#62;70&#37;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Thirteen percent of the patients had type II and 5&#37; type I respiratory failure&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In a comparative analysis of pulmonary function of chronic and non-chronic colonized patients the figures &#40;<a href="&#35;t0015" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 3</a>&#41; showed statistically significant lower values of FVC&#44; FEV1&#44; FEV1&#47;FVC ratio and RV in colonized patients&#46; The differences between the TLC did not reach statistical significance&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 3&#46; Pulmonary function&#46;</p><a name="t0015" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Parameter</td><td>Total &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;195&#41;</td><td>Chronic colonized &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;43&#41;</td><td>Non-chronic colonized &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;152&#41;</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span> value</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>&#40;liters&#41;&#44; mean and SD<br></br>&#37; of predicted and SD</td><td>&#40;liters&#41;&#44; mean and SD<br></br>&#37; of predicted and SD</td><td>&#40;liters&#41;&#44; mean and SD<br></br>&#37; of predicted and SD</td><td>&#160;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>FVC  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">a</span></td><td>2&#46;51&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;87</td><td>1&#46;94&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;75</td><td>2&#46;67&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;84</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>84&#46;9&#160;&#177;&#160;23&#46;5</td><td>69&#46;5&#160;&#177;&#160;22</td><td>89&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;22&#46;1</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>FEV1  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">b</span></td><td>1&#46;78&#160;&#177;&#160;2&#46;7</td><td>1&#46;12&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;48</td><td>1&#46;74&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;75</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>65&#46;1&#160;&#177;&#160;25&#46;4</td><td>48&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;16&#46;2</td><td>70&#46;1&#160;&#177;&#160;25&#46;3</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>FEV1&#47;FVC</td><td>63&#160;&#177;&#160;14&#46;3</td><td>58&#46;8&#160;&#177;&#160;11&#46;2</td><td>64&#46;3&#160;&#177;&#160;14&#46;7</td><td>&#60;0&#46;01</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>TLC  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">c</span></td><td>5&#46;02&#160;&#177;&#160;1&#46;2</td><td>4&#46;73&#160;&#177;&#160;1&#46;2</td><td>5&#46;08&#160;&#177;&#160;1&#46;2</td><td>ns  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">e</span><br></br>&#40;0&#46;121&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>101&#46;4&#160;&#177;&#160;19&#46;2</td><td>98&#46;3&#160;&#177;&#160;22</td><td>102&#160;&#177;&#160;18&#46;3</td><td>ns<br></br>&#40;0&#46;219&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>RV  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">d</span></td><td>2&#46;48&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;9</td><td>2&#46;6&#160;&#177;&#160;0&#46;93</td><td>2&#46;41&#160;&#177;&#160;2&#46;67</td><td>0&#46;033</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#160;</td><td>137&#46;2&#160;&#177;&#160;49&#46;4</td><td>153&#46;9&#160;&#177;&#160;62</td><td>132&#160;&#177;&#160;153&#46;9</td><td>0&#46;012</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">a Forced vital capacity&#46;<br></br>b Forced expiratory volume in 1&#160;s&#46;<br></br>c Total lung capacity&#46;<br></br>d Residual volume&#46;<br></br>e Not significant&#46;<br></br></p><a name="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Aetiological investigation</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The exams carried out to investigate the BE aetiology are shown in <a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a>&#46;</p><a name="f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"><img src="420v21n01-90385609fig1.jpg" alt="Aetiological investigation&#46; AAT&#44; &#945;1-antitrypsin&#46;"></img></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Figure 1&#46; Aetiological investigation&#46; AAT&#44; &#945;1-antitrypsin&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The CF genetic analysis was performed in 34 &#40;16&#46;8&#37;&#41; of the cases&#44; and 1 patient was found to have 1 mutation &#40;R334W&#41;&#46; The extensive genetic test was performed in 4&#46;9&#37; of the patients&#46; One mutation &#40;V754M&#41; was detected in 1 of the patients and 2 mutations &#91;G576A&#59; R668C&#93; were detected in another patient which after family screening was confirmed to be in <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">cis&#46;</span> The sweat test in these patients was negative&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Five patients did a semen analysis&#44; and infertility was confirmed in 3 cases &#40;one was diagnosed as PCD and the other two were considered as of unknown cause&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In relation to the upper airways&#44; 45 patients &#40;22&#46;3&#37;&#41; did nasal CT and findings were suggestive of chronic sinusitis in 24 &#40;11&#46;9&#37;&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The aetiologies shown in <a href="&#35;t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 4</a> were based on the clinical records and the results of the exams carried out&#46; A definitive aetiological diagnosis was not established in 57&#46;4&#37; of the patients&#46; In 30&#46;3&#37; BE was post-infectious&#44; mostly secondary to tuberculosis &#40;27&#46;2&#37;&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 4&#46; Aetiological diagnosis and comparison with prospective studies&#46;</p><a name="t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Aetiology</td><td>Amorim et al&#46; &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;202&#41; &#37;</td><td>Pasteur et al&#46;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span>  &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;150&#41; &#37;</td><td>Shoemark et al&#46;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span>  &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;165&#41; &#37;</td><td>McShane et al&#46;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span>  &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span>&#160;&#61;&#160;106&#41; &#37;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Unknown&#47;idiopathic</td><td>116 &#40;57&#46;4&#41;</td><td>80 &#40;53&#41;</td><td>43 &#40;26&#41;</td><td>7 &#40;6&#46;6&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Pos-infection &#40;PT  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">a</span>  and others&#41;</td><td>62 &#40;30&#46;3&#41;</td><td>44 &#40;29&#41;</td><td>54 &#40;32&#46;8&#41;</td><td>10 &#40;9&#46;4&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Primary ciliary dyskinesia</td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">e</span></td><td>3 &#40;1&#46;5&#41;</td><td>17 &#40;10&#41;</td><td>3 &#40;2&#46;8&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>ABPA  <span class="elsevierStyleSup">b</span></td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>11 &#40;7&#41;</td><td>13 &#40;8&#41;</td><td>1 &#40;0&#46;9&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Immunodeficiency</td><td>7 &#40;3&#46;5&#41;</td><td>12 &#40;8&#41;</td><td>11 &#40;7&#41;</td><td>33 &#40;31&#46;1&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Intestinal inflammatory disease</td><td>1 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>2 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>5 &#40;3&#41;</td><td>2 &#40;2&#46;8&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>&#945;1-Antitrypsin deficiency</td><td>3 &#40;1&#46;4&#41;</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>12 &#40;11&#46;3&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Young&#39;s syndrome</td><td>0</td><td>5 &#40;3&#41;</td><td>5 &#40;3&#41;</td><td>0</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Panbronchiolitis</td><td>0</td><td>1 &#40;1&#41;</td><td>4 &#40;2&#41;</td><td>0</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Yellow nail syndrome</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4 &#40;2&#41;</td><td>0</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Nodular bronchiectatic disease</td><td>2 &#40;&#60;1&#41;</td><td>0</td><td>2 &#40;1&#46;2&#41;</td><td>10 &#40;9&#46;4&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Autoimmune disease</td><td>3 &#40;1&#46;4&#41; 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3 common variable immunodeficiencies and 2 hematologic malignancies&#46;</p><a name="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Discussion</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The 202 patients in the study were followed in the pulmonology outpatient service&#46; There was a predominance of female and non-smoker patients in the evaluated population&#44; which is consistent with most published series&#46;<a href="&#35;bib40" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">There was a long delay in diagnosis&#46; This could be due to the lack of specificity of BE symptoms which&#44; on many occasions&#44; can lead to a misdiagnosis of COPD or asthma<a href="&#35;bib42" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib43" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> with prognostic implications&#46;<a href="&#35;bib35" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib36" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib44" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The patient information was recorded and follow-ups carried out without a predefined protocol&#44; based on existing guidelines&#44; which certainly contributed to the absence of important clinical historic data&#44; subjective descriptions of some symptoms and the lack of appropriate investigation tests&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The result of the functional assessment was compatible with an obstructive pattern&#44; as described in the literature&#46;<a href="&#35;bib45" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib46" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The HRCT is considered the <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">gold standard</span> diagnostic test for BE and in this review it was chosen as the confirmatory diagnostic method&#46; In most cases BE was bilateral and the predominant morphology was cylindrical&#44; followed by cylindrical in association with cystic&#46; This result is partly a consequence of a more generalized use of HRCT and its high sensitivity&#46;<a href="&#35;bib47" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib48" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">According to current recommendations&#44; sputum culture should be carried out regularly&#46;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib49" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> It was not quite clear why 115 &#40;56&#46;9&#37;&#41; patients had not had one or had fewer than 3 samples per year&#46; This may have led to an underestimation of the real number of chronic colonizations&#46; The bacteria most commonly isolated&#44; intermittently or only once&#44; was <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">H&#46; influenzae</span> and the bacteria most frequently associated with chronic colonization was <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span>&#46; The presence of the latter has been linked to greater clinical and functional severity&#44; greater numbers of exacerbations and worse quality of life&#46;<a href="&#35;bib33" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib50" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> This fact could explain why further bacteriological sputum tests had been requested for this subset of patients&#44; which means that <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">P&#46; aeruginosa</span> may not be the bacteria most frequently associated with chronic colonization&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The pulmonary function was significantly worse in the chronic colonized patients&#44; which reflects the severity usually associated with the chronic infection&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The prevalence of mycobacteria in BE patients is relatively low&#44; ranging between 2&#37; and 10&#37;&#46;<a href="&#35;bib51" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib52" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21</span></a> In this series the prevalence was in this range&#44; MAC being the most common&#46;<a href="&#35;bib53" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The assessment of BE patients must always include the investigation of the primary cause&#46;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib49" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib54" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara"><a href="&#35;f0005" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Figure 1</a> shows the diagnostic tests carried out in total patients and in the cases of BE of unknown cause&#46; The percentage of tests done is similar between the two groups&#44; which suggests that further research could be done&#44; using our local resources&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">According to current recommendations&#44; a conductivity sweat test value &#62;60&#160;mmol&#47;l should be confirmed by chloride measurement<a href="&#35;bib55" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a>&#59; this is not available in our hospital&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The CF genetic test allowed the detection of mutations in 3 patients who were considered to have a CFTR-related disorder because the sweat test was negative and only one mutation or two mutations in cis were detected&#46;<a href="&#35;bib56" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib57" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">26</span></a> However&#44; to exclude CF with accuracy the quantitative sweat test should have been carried out on these patients and&#44; if necessary&#44; the nasal potential difference&#44; which is not done in our country&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In this review&#44; an aetiological diagnosis was obtained in 42&#46;1&#37; &#40;<a href="&#35;t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 4</a>&#41; and the post-infectious cause was the most common&#44; like other published series&#46;<a href="&#35;bib33" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib45" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib58" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">27</span></a> Compared with studies in which a diagnostic algorithm was applied prospectively &#40;<a href="&#35;t0020" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">Table 4</a>&#41; our result is lower&#46;<a href="&#35;bib35" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib36" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib59" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">COPD was not considered as a cause of BE&#44; despite the fact that some studies have shown an unexpectedly high incidence of BE in this disease&#46;<a href="&#35;bib59" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib60" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib61" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">30</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib62" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">31</span></a> In light of current knowledge&#44;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> BE associated with COPD should only be established after a careful aetiological work-up to exclude other associated diseases&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The reduced percentage or even absence of some pathologies in our study&#44; namely ABPA&#44; immunodeficiency and PCD<a href="&#35;bib35" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib36" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib37" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> suggest that the implementation of an algorithmic investigation and the availability of specific tests could facilitate the achievement of rare and&#47;or complex diagnosis&#46;</p><a name="sec0045" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conclusion</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">In the recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in BE and it is urgent to set out our practice in the latest existing guidelines and to review our standards of care&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">In our country there are no specialized centres for BE&#59; not even in central hospitals&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">As BE can result from several diseases&#44; a detailed clinical history and physical examination is fundamental in order to establish the diagnostic hypothesis and to guide the research in the most appropriate way&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Our results show how important&#44; useful clinical and aetiological findings could be missed when a pre-existing protocol is not being used&#46; If the investigation and medical follow-ups were done with a pre-defined protocol based on current published guidelines&#44;<a href="&#35;bib41" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44; </span><a href="&#35;bib49" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a> we would probably have a higher percentage of accurate diagnoses and a better clinical characterization of the patients&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The establishment of dedicated outpatient clinics may help to improve the global management of these patients&#44; from diagnosis to therapeutic interventions&#44; and consequently improve prognosis and understanding of the natural course of the disease&#46;</p><a name="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Ethical disclosures</span><a name="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Protection of human and animal subjects</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors declare that no experiments were performed on humans or animals for this study&#46;</p><a name="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Confidentiality of data</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors declare that they have followed the protocols of their work center on the publication of patient data&#46;</p><a name="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The authors have obtained the written informed consent of the patients or subjects mentioned in the article&#46; The corresponding author is in possession of this document</p><a name="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conflicts of interest</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">Dr&#46; Javier de Gracia declare the following conflicts of interest&#58; received industry-sponsored grand funding from Grifolds&#44; Gilead&#44; Novartis for participating in clinical trials and received fees for lectures and other educational activities from Praxis&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Acknowledgements</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">I would like to thank the collaboration of all colleagues from the Pneumology Service who referred patients&#44; accompanied in outpatient care&#44; to be included in the investigation&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Received 12 November 2013 <br></br>Accepted 15 June 2014 </p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Corresponding author&#46; adelinamorim&#64;gmail&#46;com</p>"
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