The use of inhaled antibiotics was initially almost exclusively confined to patients with cystic
fibrosis (CF). However, it has been extended in recent decades to patients with non-CF …

Rationale The baseline value of eosinophils in peripheral blood (BEC) has been associated
with different degrees of severity, prognosis and response to treatment in patients with …

Both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis are highly prevalent
diseases. In both cases, inhaled corticosteroids (ICs) are associated with a decrease in …

Introduction Bronchiectasis is a very heterogeneous disease. This heterogeneity has several
consequences: severity cannot be measured by a single variable, so multidimensional …

Purpose The expression of MUC5AC, a highly prevalent airway mucin, is regulated by
stimulatory factors such as oxidative stress. Ganoderic acid D (GAD) activates mitochondrial …

Background: The purpose of the study was to describe the epidemiological implication of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa between 2017–2022 in a tertiary hospital from Romania …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most frequent inflammatory
diseases of the airways [1–3]. It is characterized by chronic airway inflammation with a …

Bronchiectasis is an irreversible dilatation of the bronchial lumen as a consequence of a
pathophysiological vicious circle in which infection, inflammation and remodeling of the …

The three most common chronic inflammatory airway diseases are asthma, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and bronchiectasis [1–4]. From an endotypical point …

Chronic bronchial infection in stable COPD: To treat or not to treat Chronic bronchial infection in
stable COPD: To treat or not to treat Pulmonology. 2023 Nov-Dec;29(6):449-451. doi …