Abstract Introduction Bronchiectasis was considered as an uncommon radiological feature of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. The clinical course and outcome COVID-19 bronchiectasis overlap is still a point for research. aim this study to evaluate the prevalence, course, atypical presentation Methods A cross-sectional has been conducted from July 2021 February 2022 included 425 swa...

Bronchiectasis is pathologically defined as a condition in which there are abnormal and permanent dilatations of proximal bronchi with predominance at the level of the second to the sixth bronchial division. This definition differentiates true bronchiectasis from functional bronchiectasis or pseudobronchiectasis, which is expected to return to normal once control of infection has been achieved ...

BACKGROUND While cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common cause of bronchiectasis in childhood, non-CF bronchiectasis is associated with a wide variety of disorders. The objective of this study was to determine the relative prevalence and specific etiologies on non-CF bronchiectasis in childhood. METHODS EMBASE, Medline, OVID Cochrane Reviews, Directory of Open Access Journals, Open Science Di...

BACKGROUND Systemic inflammation in bronchiectasis is poorly studied in relation to aetiology and severity. We hypothesized that molecular patterns of inflammation may define particular aetiology and severity groups in bronchiectasis. METHOD We assayed blood concentrations of 31 proteins from 90 bronchiectasis patients (derivation cohort) and conducted PCA to examine relationships between the...

Bronchiectasis is an incurable pulmonary disorder that is characterized pathologically by permanent bronchial dilatation and severe bronchial inflammation and clinically by chronic productive cough and recurrent infectious exacerbations; bronchiectasis often occurs in the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is widely believed that increasing use of high-resolution computed tom...

BACKGROUND Polycystin 1 and 2, the protein abnormalities associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), are also found in airway cilia and smooth muscle cells. There is evidence of increased radiologic bronchiectasis associated with ADPKD, though the clinical and functional implications of this association are unknown. We hypothesized an increased prevalence of both radio...

Bronchiectasis may occasionally affect almost the entire bronchial tree. Such changes can be the result either of developmental defects of the bronchial tree or of acquired inflammatory disease. For example, cystic lung and cystic bronchiectasis can result from both causes. The purpose of the present paper is to record five patients with a most unusual type of generalized bronchiectasis, and to...