Tuberculosis May Lead to More Severe Bronchiectasis, Study Finds - Bronchiectasis News Today

People who develop bronchiectasis after contracting tuberculosis tend to have a more severe form of the disease than those in whom bronchiectasis developed from an unknown cause or is linked to other illnesses, a study has found. However, the mortality rate, number of hospitalizations, and frequency of acute exacerbations were identical across bronchiectasis causes. The study, “Performance of Multidimensional Severity Scoring Systems in Patients with Post‐Tuberculosis Bronchiectasis,” was published in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Tuberculosis is a respiratory infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although its global incidence has been decreasing in recent years, those who have had tuberculosis are still at a higher risk of death, mostly due to permanent lung lesions caused by the disease. Tuberculosis is also one of the most common causes of bronchiectasis, in which the bronchi — small lung airways — become inflamed and progressively thicker due to repeated infections. To examine the link between tubercolosis and brochiectasis more fully, investigators in Saudi Arabia compared clinical data and outcomes of patients who developed bronchiectasis after contracting tubercul

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