Gender (M/F) |
9/13 |
22/10 |
0.06 |
Median (IQR) age of wet cough onset (years) |
1.3 (0.4-4.0) |
1.1
(0.5-2.3) |
0.57 |
Median (IQR) duration of wet cough before the isolation of Pa (years) |
1.5 (0.9-3.1) |
1.5 (1.1-2.7) |
0.88 |
Median (IQR) duration of follow-up (years) |
1.9 (1.0-3.6) |
1.8
(1.1-3.1) |
0.88 |
Median (IQR) age of first Pa isolation (years) |
2.6 (1.5-6.1) |
2.6
(1.5-4.5) |
0.58 |
Patients with Pa isolation more than once |
1 (4.5%) |
9 (28.1%) |
0.036 |
Other isolated bacteria
Pneumococcus
Haemophilus influenzae
Moraxella catarrhalis
Staphylococcus aureus
Gram-negative
|
2 (9.0%)
5 (22.7%)
3 (13.6%)
3 (13.6%)
5 (22.7%)
|
4 (12.5%)
3 (9.3%)
4 (12.5%)
3 (9.3%)
10 (31.2%)
|
0.69
0.25
0.90
0.67
0.55
|
Children on long term inhaled colistin (n; %) |
18 (81.8%) |
11
(34.4%) |
0.001 |
Children on long term azithromycin (n;%) |
15 (68.1%) |
14 (43.7%) |
0.08 |
Children on long term nebulized hypertonic saline (n;%) |
17 (77.2%) |
17 (53.1%) |
0.09 |
ppFEV1 (IQR)* |
93 (89.5-98.5) |
90.5 (89-96.5) |
0.71 |
Children with radiologically confirmed bronchiectasis |
6 (27.2%) |
20
(62.5%) |
0.011 |
Median (IQR) modiļ¬ed Bhalla score** |
3 (2-4) |
4 (2-5) |
0.35 |
Pa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
IQR: Interquartile range
Gram-negative: Pathogenic gram-negative bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae,
Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia)
*Percent predicted FEV1 (ppFEV1) was measured only in 16 patients
**Measured only in 26 patients with established bronchiectasis
|
Pa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
IQR: Interquartile range
Gram-negative: Pathogenic gram-negative bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae,
Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia)
*Percent predicted FEV1 (ppFEV1) was measured only in 16 patients
**Measured only in 26 patients with established bronchiectasis
|
Pa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
IQR: Interquartile range
Gram-negative: Pathogenic gram-negative bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae,
Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia)
*Percent predicted FEV1 (ppFEV1) was measured only in 16 patients
**Measured only in 26 patients with established bronchiectasis
|
Pa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
IQR: Interquartile range
Gram-negative: Pathogenic gram-negative bacteria (Enterobacteriaceae,
Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia)
*Percent predicted FEV1 (ppFEV1) was measured only in 16 patients
**Measured only in 26 patients with established bronchiectasis
|