Patients with remission (n=22) Patients without remission (n=32) p
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) modified 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