Prevalence and risk factors of frailty in patients with mycobacterium avium complex lung disease-preliminary study-

Conclusions: Half of the MAC-LD patients were considered to be frail during diagnosis. Old age and the presence of fibro-cavitary disease during diagnosis were risk factors for frailty in MAC-LD patients.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Fujita, K., Ito, Y., Uchida, N., Kanai, O., Okamura, M., Nakatani, K., Mio, T. Tags: Respiratory infections Source Type: research