Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Toby Maher

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Professor of Interstitial Lung Disease
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 2151t.maher

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Georgina Moss +44 (0)20 7594 2151

 
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Location

 

364Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Invernizzi:2020:10.1183/13993003.01519-2019,
author = {Invernizzi, R and Barnett, J and Rawal, B and Nair, A and Ghai, P and Kingston, S and Chua, F and Wu, Z and Wells, A and Renzoni, E and Nicholson, A and Rice, A and Lloyd, C and Byrne, A and Maher, T and Devaraj, A and Molyneaux, P},
doi = {10.1183/13993003.01519-2019},
journal = {European Respiratory Journal},
pages = {1--9},
title = {Bacterial burden in the lower airways predicts disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and is independent of radiological disease extent},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01519-2019},
volume = {55},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Increasing bacterial burden in the lower airways of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis confers an increased risk of disease progression and mortality. However, it remains unclear whether this increased bacterial burden directly influences progression of fibrosis or simply reflects the magnitude of the underlying disease extent or severity.We prospectively recruited 193 patients who underwent bronchoscopy and received a multidisciplinary diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Quantification of the total bacterial burden in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was performed by 16S rRNA gene qPCR. Imaging was independently evaluated by two readers assigning quantitative scores for extent, severity and topography of radiographic changes and relationship of these features with bacterial burden was assessed.Increased bacterial burden significantly associated with disease progression (hazard ratio 2.1; 95% confidence interval 1.287–3.474; p=0.0028). Multivariate stepwise regression demonstrated no relationship between bacterial burden and radiological features or extent of disease. When specifically considering patients with definite or probable usual interstitial pneumonia there was no difference in bacterial burden between these two groups. Despite a postulated association between pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis and clinical infection, there was no relationship between either the presence or extent of pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis and bacterial burden.We demonstrate that bacterial burden in the lower airways is not simply secondary to the extent of the underlying architectural destruction of the lung parenchyma seen in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The independent nature of this association supports a relationship with the underlying pathogenic mechanisms and highlights the urgent need for functional studies.
AU  - Invernizzi,R
AU  - Barnett,J
AU  - Rawal,B
AU  - Nair,A
AU  - Ghai,P
AU  - Kingston,S
AU  - Chua,F
AU  - Wu,Z
AU  - Wells,A
AU  - Renzoni,E
AU  - Nicholson,A
AU  - Rice,A
AU  - Lloyd,C
AU  - Byrne,A
AU  - Maher,T
AU  - Devaraj,A
AU  - Molyneaux,P
DO  - 10.1183/13993003.01519-2019
EP  - 9
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0903-1936
SP  - 1
TI  - Bacterial burden in the lower airways predicts disease progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and is independent of radiological disease extent
T2  - European Respiratory Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01519-2019
UR  - https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/55/4/1901519
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/76791
VL  - 55
ER  -
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