Pattern of Bacterial Infection in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Background: Acute exacerbation of COPD is one of the important problems during management of COPD & has considerable impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. Acute exacerbation can occur due to bacterial or viral infection & non-infectious causes. Sputum culture & real-time PCR can identify the pattern of ba...