Factors influencing survival and mortality among adult Aboriginal Australians with bronchiectasis-A 10-year retrospective study.

The left upper lobe appeared less commonly affected in the surviving cohort (19%) compared to the deceased cohort (27%), as was bilateral involvement (72 and 78%, respectively), however, the differences did not reach statistical significance. 3.3 Sputum cultures and mortality data Sputum cultures were available for 425 patients [283 surviving (90.4%), 142 deceased (97.3%)].

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