Sputum colour as a simplified effective biomarker for clinical assessment of bronchiectasis

Rui-di Tang^{1

2

3}, Jun-Qing Yue^{1

2

3}, Wei-Jie Guan^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China.
² Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, PR China.
³ Joint first authors.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China battery203@163.com.

Editorial

Rui-di Tang et al. Eur Respir J. 2024.

. 2024 Apr 18;63(4):2400152.

doi: 10.1183/13993003.00152-2024. Print 2024 Apr.

Rui-di Tang^{1

2

3}, Jun-Qing Yue^{1

2

3}, Wei-Jie Guan^{4

2}

¹ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China.
² Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, PR China.
³ Joint first authors.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China battery203@163.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no potential conflict of interest related to this paper.

Objective sputum colour assessment and clinical outcomes in bronchiectasis: data from the European Bronchiectasis Registry (EMBARC).
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