CareLit Fachartikel
Asthma and bronchiectasis
E Polverino · Pneumologie · 2016 · Heft 10
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1176743
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2016
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Zusammenfassung
Both asthma and bronchiectasis are chronic respiratory diseases with variable Clinical manifestations. In a small proportion of patients these 2 comorbidities may coexist and overlap. The estimated prevalence of asthma in BE cohorts is about 5 to 10% and it varies across different European regions. However, in selected cohorts of patients with severe asthma bronchiectasis have been described in up to 35% of cases and associated with worse lung function (FEV1), more exacerbations, chronic infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and sensitization to aspergillus fumigatus. The presence of asthma in cohort of bronchiect…
Schlagworte
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Aspergillus
Association
Aspergillus fumigatus
Biomarkers
Pneumologie
