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cord-338907-5l6rsa94	Choi, Juwhan	The association between blood eosinophil percent and bacterial infection in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	2019-05-06		.txt	text/plain	2999	182	43	title: The association between blood eosinophil percent and bacterial infection in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Eosinophils have been studied as biomarkers of bacterial infection and prognostic factors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and AECOPD. 3 The global initiatives for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) guideline recommend the use of antibiotics when a bacterial infection is suspected in events of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). This study was the first to analyze whether bacterial infections can be differentiated based on the eosinophil percent of 2% in AECOPD patients in Korea. Although these studies were not conducted for COPD patients, it was reported that respiratory viral infections showed various cytokines and eosinophil activation depending on the type of virus. 31 In this study, patients with diseases that could affect eosinophil were initially excluded and the use of inhaled corticosteroids or oral steroid was analyzed using univariate and multivariate analysis.	./cache/cord-338907-5l6rsa94.txt	./txt/cord-338907-5l6rsa94.txt