ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Etiology of Bronchiectasis in the World: Data from the Published National and International Registries.
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- The European respiratory society guideline for adult bronchiectasis 2025: summary and implementation guide for primary care.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Guideline
- Azithromycin on serum FeNO, IgE, and eosinophil levels in bronchiectasis patients.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2026Article
- Primary Humoral Immunodeficiencies and Bronchiectasis in Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Inflammatory Phenotypes of Bronchiectasis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Impact of body mass index on outcomes of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Article
- Comparative efficacy and safety of inhaled antibiotics in managing chronicJournal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- The role of T-helper and T regulatory cells in driving neutrophilic and eosinophilic inflammation in bronchiectasis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Prevalence and Clinical Implications of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Bronchiectasis: A 3D Reconstruction CT Study.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2024Article
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Adult Bronchiectasis: Data from the German Bronchiectasis Registry PROGNOSIS.Chest · 2024Article
- Bronchiectasis-COPD Overlap Syndrome: Role of Peripheral Eosinophil Count and Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Bronchiectasis is the third leading chronic inflammatory disease of the airway caused by dozens of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary diseases. Infection by pathogenic microorganisms is very common. We aimed to analyze, for the first time in the literature, the etiology of bronchiectasis throughout the world via data published in national and international registries. A bibliographic search was carried out in PubMed and Web of Science. Seven studies were included, with a total of 27,258 patients from 33 countries of four continents. The most frequent cause of bronchiectasis was post-infectious: 30.5% (range: 19.1-40.4%), followed by idiopathic: 28.7% (18.5-38.1%). Post-tuberculous bronchiectasis accounted for 14.1% (1.8-35.5%), while etiologies associated with COPD and asthma comprised 7% (3.4-10.9%) and 5.2% (2.5-7.8%). In conclusion, there was a high degree of heterogeneity in the relative percentages of the main causes of bronchiectasis in the world, although post-infectious and idiophatic bronchiectasis continue to be the most frequent causes.
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