Bronchiectasis
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Pulmonology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 22
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nontuberculous mycobacteria; bronchiectasis; cystic fibrosis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The incidence and prevalence of bronchiectatic diseases is growing globally due in part to improved diagnostic testing and increased clinician awareness. Bronchiectasis is a geographically heterogenous disease with broad variability in underling etiology, chronic airway infections, and profound differences in clinical course. The underlying pathophysiology of bronchiectasis is marked by the interplay of airway damage, chronic infection, chronic inflammation, and environmental exposures resulting in a well described "vicious vortex" and disease progression. The intention of this series is to summarize the present knowledge and knowledge gaps associated with bronchiectasis and to present the latest research pertaining to airway infection, host immune response, and clinical course of individuals suffering from bronchiectatic diseases.
Dr. Bryan A. Garcia
Guest Editor
Dr. Kadambari Vijaykumar
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- bronchiectasis
- cystic fibrosis (CF)
- allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
- nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
- aero-digestive disease
- primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)
- mucolytics
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- combined variable immunodeficiency (CVID)
- innate and adaptive airway immune responses
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