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Adult Patients With Bronchiectasis: A First Look at the US Bronchiectasis Research Registry.

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Adult patients with bronchiectasis enrolled in the US BRR are described, with differences noted in demographic, radiographic, microbiological, and treatment variables based on stratification of the presence of NTM.
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2017-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 243 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bronchiectasis.

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Potency of omadacycline against Mycobacteroides abscessus clinical isolates in vitro and in a mouse model of pulmonary infection.

TL;DR: Omadacycline was used to treat M. abscessus using in vitro and in vivo approaches as discussed by the authors, achieving an MIC90 of 0.5 μg/ml against a panel of 32 contemporary M.Abscessus clinical isolates.
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Management of bronchiectasis in adults.

TL;DR: The recent addition of a bronchiectasis diagnosis‐related group to the Australian Refined Diagnostic Related Group classification system will allow definition of the disease burden within the Australian hospital system.
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Management of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: The evidence base for optimal management of NTM pulmonary disease is expanding but notable gaps in the literature remain.
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Paediatric and adult bronchiectasis: Diagnosis, disease burden and prognosis.

TL;DR: This review will discuss the diagnosis of bronchiectasis, the international burden of the disease and its current prognosis.
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Comorbidity before and after a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used Cox proportional hazards regression to determine pre-diagnosis relative rates (RR) and postdiagnosis hazard ratios (HR) of component diseases of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) in a cohort study of persons with IBD.
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British Thoracic Society guideline for non-CF bronchiectasis.

TL;DR: These guidelines were designed to identify relevant studies in non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis, to provide guidelines on management based on published studies where possible or a consensus view, and to identify gaps in knowledge and identify areas for future study.
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An investigation into causative factors in patients with bronchiectasis

TL;DR: Intensive investigation of this population of patients with bronchiectasis led to identification of one or more causative factor in 47% of cases, and the cause identified had implications for prognosis and treatment.
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Prevalence and Economic Burden of Bronchiectasis

TL;DR: It is suggested that over 110,000 persons in the United States may be receiving treatment for bronchiectasis, resulting in additional medical-care expenditures of $630 million annually.
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Non–Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

TL;DR: A concise clinical review focuses on the major etiologies, diagnostic testing, microbiology, and management of patients with adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, and outline current therapies and review the data that support their use.
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