Impact of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection on health-related quality of life in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease

Impact of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection on health-related quality of life in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease

Abstract Background In bronchiectasis patients, chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection has been associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQL), but little is known about Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease (MACLD) patients in this context. This study aimed to evaluate HRQL a...

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Main Authors: Hirofumi Kamata, Takanori Asakura, Shoji Suzuki, Ho Namkoong, Kazuma Yagi, Yohei Funatsu, Satoshi Okamori, Shunsuke Uno, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Makoto Ishii, Tomoko Betsuyaku, Naoki Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Colonisation
Noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE)
Health-related quality of life (HRQL)
Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC)
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-017-0544-x

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