Objective To investigate the risk factors of positive yield in sputum fungal culture in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) . Methods The patients with COPD who hospitalized in the respiratory departments of Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Zhongshan Hospital, and Huadong Hospital from January 2005 to December 2007 were analyzed retrospectively. Results The 78 patients were grouped according to the results of sputumfungal culture. There were no significant differences in sex, age, history of smoking, diabetes, atomization inhalation, and the accumulated doses of oral corticosteroids between the positive group and the negative group ( P gt; 0. 05) . However, the differences in species of antibiotics, duration of antibiotic therapy, and accumulated doses of intravenous corticosteroids
were significant ( P lt; 0. 01) . The logistic analysis showed that prolonged high-dose of corticosteroids and multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics were risk factors of the positive yield of sputum fungal culture ( P lt;0. 05) . Conclusion Prolonged high-dose of corticosteroids and multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics are risk
factors of fungal colonization in lower respiratory tract of COPD patients.
Citation： QI Huihui,XIE Guogang,JIN Xianqiao. Risk Factors of Positive Yield in Sputum Fungal Culture in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2010, 9(6): 591-594. doi: Copy