<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nakou, Alexandra</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Papaparaskevas, Joseph</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diamantea, Filia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Skarmoutsou, Nikoletta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polychronopoulos, Vlasis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsakris, Athanassios</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A prospective study on bacterial and atypical etiology of acute exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Future Microbiol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Future Microbiol</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acinetobacter baumannii</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged, 80 and over</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bacterial Typing Techniques</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chlamydophila pneumoniae</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DNA, Bacterial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haemophilus influenzae</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hospitalization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mycoplasma pneumoniae</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polymerase chain reaction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prospective Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pseudomonas aeruginosa</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Respiratory Tract Infections</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sputum</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1251-60</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AIM: The bacterial and atypical etiology of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was investigated and the diagnostic techniques used were compared among 92 hospitalized patients.

MATERIALS &amp; METHODS: Sputum specimens were investigated using culture and PCR, serological status evaluation was performed and the inflammatory profile was associated with the microbiological results.

RESULTS &amp; CONCLUSION: The majority of the patients (65.2%) had very severe airway obstruction. The most common bacteria were Haemophilus influenzae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (23.9 and 14.1%, respectively). Acinetobacter baumannii- and P. aeruginosa-positive cultures were associated with prolonged hospitalization and severe airway obstruction (p = 0.03 and 0.031, respectively). Chlamydia pneumoniae or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was diagnosed in four and two patients, respectively. Discrepant results were detected between PCR and serology, especially regarding C. pneumoniae.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25437187?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>