PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Matto, Castañeda
AU  - Pifarré, Richard
AU  - Vilá, Manuel
AU  - Barbé, Ferran
AU  - Martínez, Montserrat
AU  - Florensa, Purificación
TI  - Inhaled colistin in patients with non - cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and chronic pseudomonas aeruginosa bronquial infection
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA1554
DP  - 2016 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - PA1554
VI  - 48
IP  - suppl 60
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/48/suppl_60/PA1554.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/48/suppl_60/PA1554.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2016 Sep 01; 48
AB  - Introduction: Treatment with inhaled colistin in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa bronchial infection in patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis is gaining prominence.Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between the use of inhaled colistin and the eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA), induction of resistance, exacerbations and lung function.Methods: Retrospective before-after study in patients with bronchiectasis and persistence of PA in sputum treated for at least one year with inhaled colistin from 2009-2015. The functional tests, sputum microbiology, number and type of exacerbations (hospital and non-hospital) were analyzed 1 year before and after the use of inhaled colistin.Results: The study included 49 patients with an average age of 72 years (SD± 10); 30 (61%) males.After 1 year of treatment with inhaled colistin: 55% PA sputum cultures were negative (p <0.0001) and 45% positive PA and sensitive to colistin, while there was a decrease in non hospital exacerbations of 2 (SD ± 1.4) to 1 (SD ± 0.7 ) on average (p <0.001) and of hospital exacerbations from 65% to 22.5% (p <0.001). The walking test in patients with persistent positive cultures for PA decreased a mean of 42 mts (SD ± 77) (p=0.033).Conclusions: Inhaled colistin produces a significant eradication of PA in sputum cultures and a decrease in exacerbations. The long-term treatment with colistin did not induce resistance to PA. In spite of the treatment with inhaled colistin, patients with persistent positive cultures for PA showed a significant reduction in exercise capacity.