Bronchiectasis-associated infections and outcomes in a large, geographically diverse electronic health record cohort in the United States

Table 2 Definitions of chronic infection and chronic colonization used in analysis

Definition	≥ 2 isolates ≥ 3 months apart within 1 year	≥ 2 isolates on separate days within 2 years	≥ 2 isolates on separate days within 1 year
Organisms	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus Haemophilus influenzae Streptococcus pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae	Mycobacterium avium complex Mycobacterium abscessus	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Aspergillus sp.

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