title: Does a single Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation predict COPD mortality?
authors.affiliation: NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK afboutou@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Afroditi K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Boutou
authors.affiliation: NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Yogini
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Raste
authors.affiliation: NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.affiliation: Dept of Microbiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alshafi
authors.affiliation: NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Michael I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Polkey
authors.affiliation: NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Hopkinson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome