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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease ›› 2022, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3): 209-215.doi: 10.19983/j.issn.2096-8493.20220001

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Analysis of the characteristics of the composition of respiratory pathogens and its influencing factors in patients hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

XIAN Shao-jing1, CHEN Yan2, MA Yi-ming2, LUO Li-juan2, LONG Ying-jiao2()   

  1. 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou 570311, China
    2Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China
  • Received:2022-01-06 Online:2022-06-20 Published:2022-06-15
  • Contact: LONG Ying-jiao E-mail:longyingjiao@csu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Natural Science Foundation of Hu’nan Province(2020JJ5818);National Key Clinical Specialty Construction Project(2012-650)

Abstract:

Objective: To investigate the characteristics of the composition of respiratory pathogens in patients hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to analyze the influencing factors. Methods: The clinical characteristics and laboratory test results of 1251 patients admitted to the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, from January 2016 to December 2019 who were hospitalized with COPD and underwent sputum culture examination were collected to summarize the characteristics of the composition of pathogenic bacteria and to compare the differences in clinical characteristics between the sputum-positive and sputum-negative groups of patients,to analyze the risk factors of sputum positive. Results: There were 1353 specimens sent for examination, and the positive detection rate was 35.33% (478/1353). The detected pathogens were mainly Gram-negative bacteria (52.51%, 251/478) and fungi (43.72%, 209/478), among which the five Gram-negative bacteria with the highest detection rate were Acinetobacter baumannii (21.51%, 54/251), Klebsiella pneumoniae (21.12%, 53/251), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (19.12%, 48/251), Acinetobacter maltophilia (14.34%, 36/251), and Haemophilus influenzae (5.58%, 14/251); the fungi were 128 strains of Candida (61.24%) and 81 strains of Aspergillus (38.76%). Univariate analysis showed that detection of pathogenic bacteria in COPD patients was associated with age, history of acute exacerbation in previous 1-year, pre-admission hormone use, BMI (body mass index), CAT (COPD assessment test), mMRC (modified British medical research council) and FEV1%pre (expected value of expiratory volume in 1 second with force). Multifactorial analysis showed that abnormal BMI was an independent risk factor for the detection of pathogenic bacteria (OR=3.158, 95%CI=1.503-6.634). Conclusion: Patients hospitalized with COPD were prone to getting combined Gram-negative bacterial infections. For patients with abnormal BMI, pathogenic investigations should be taken proactively.

Key words: Pulmonary disease,chronic obstructive, Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, Fungi, Risk factors

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