ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF BRONCHIECTASIS, A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF BRONCHIAL TUBES AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Keywords:
bronchial dilatation, bronchiectasis, inflammatory, cylindrical bronchiectasis, saccular (cystic) bronchiectasis, S. aureus, H. influenzae, Escherichia coli, and Burkholderia- cepacia.Abstract
Bronchiectasis is an abnormal and permanent dilatation of bronchi. It may be either focal, involving airways sup plying a limited region of pulmonary parenchyma, or diffuse, involving airways in a more widespread distribution. It is a dis order that typically affects older individuals; approximately two-thirds of patients are women.
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