title: [Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasias].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To know the characteristics and prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection infection in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective descriptive study of NCFB adult patients whose disease had been followed-up for at least two years was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 68 subjects were included, 50 females (73.5%), with mean age of 63.31± 16.2 years. The most frequent etiology of the non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis was COPD in 28 cases (41.2%) with a light-moderate pulmonary involvement and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) colonization (70.6%). Seven patients (10.3%) had MNT infection, six of whom had Mycobacterium avium complex (7.35%). Four patients (57.14%) were treated. In the infected patients, P. aeruginosa and the use of inhaled steroids were observed with less frequency. There were no significant differences between the infected and non-infected patients in relation to spirometric values.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis could be considered a risk factor for non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection.
authors: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, España.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Martínez-Cerón
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Prados
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Gómez-Carrera
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Cabanillas
authors: G
authors: G
authors: López-López
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Álvarez-Sala
mesh_terms: D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications*; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies