Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To observe the difference in lower respiratory tract flora of the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
METHODS The patients with COPD who were hospitalized in Hainan Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital from Jun. 2012 to May 2024 were enrolled in the study. The clinical data, including name, age, gender, height, body mass index(BMI), smoking history, qualified sputum specimens, serum C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), were collected from the patients. The patients were classified based on the species of colonized bacteria so as to analyze the difference.
RESULTS Of the 327 patients with COPD, 127 were successfully enrolled in the study, 61 of whom were assigned as the Hainan group, and 66 were assigned as the non-Hainan group. There were no significant differences in the age, gender, BMI, forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), partial pressure of oxygen (PO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide and PCT between the south patients and the north patients, however, the CRP level of the non-Hainan group was higher than that of the Hainan group(P < 0.05). Totally 79 strains of pathogens were isolated from the Hainan group, and 95 strains of pathogens were isolated from the non-Hainan group. The isolation rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii were the highest in the Hainan group; the isolation rates of K.pneumoniae, P.aeruginosa and A.baumannii were the highest in the non-Hainan group. Aspergillus niger was the fungus with the highest abundance in Hainan group, and the Aspergillus was the fungus with the highest abundance in the non-Hainan group.
CONCLUSIONS The male patients are dominant among the patients with COPD, the non-Hainan and south regions of China vary in the species of lower respiratory tract flora among the COPD patients, some species are less common in the tropical regions. It is necessary to carry out the empirical antibiotic treatment for the patients at admission based on the common species in the local area.