Prevalence of Bronchiectasis in Patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis in a Tertiary Care Center

• Published in: The journal of allergy and clinical immunology in practice (Cambridge, MA) Vol. 9; no. 8; p. 3188
• Main Authors: Peters, Anju T, Bose, Sumit, Guo, Amina, Li, Newton, Benjamin, Mariel, Prickett, Michelle, Villareal, Raul S, Yang, Amy, Kato, Atsushi, Kern, Robert C, Tan, Bruce K, Grammer, Leslie C, Schleimer, Robert P, Conley, David B, Smith, Stephanie S, Welch, Kevin C, Stevens, Whitney W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Bronchiectasis - epidemiology; Chronic Disease; Humans; Nasal Polyps; Prevalence; Rhinitis - epidemiology; Sinusitis - epidemiology; Tertiary Care Centers; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Nasal polyp; Prevalence; Antibiotics; Bronchiectasis; CRSwNP; CRSsNP; Asthma

Whereas chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is associated with asthma, and vice versa, the association between CRS and other lower respiratory conditions is not well-established. Bronchiectasis is characterized by permanent damage of the airways, and as many as 45% of bronchiectasis patients have CRS, but...