Heerfordt, CK;
Eklöf, J;
Sivapalan, P;
Ingebrigtsen, TS;
Biering-Sørensen, T;
Harboe, ZB;
Koefod Petersen, J;
... Jensen, JUS; + view all
(2023)
Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Risk of Acquiring Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection. A Multiregional Epidemiological Study.
International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
, 18
pp. 373-384.
10.2147/COPD.S386518.
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Abstract
Background: Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are associated with an increased risk of clinical pneumonia among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is unknown whether the risk of microbiologically verified pneumonia such as pneumococcal pneumonia is increased in ICS users. Methods: The study population consists of all COPD patients followed in outpatient clinics in eastern Denmark during 2010-2017. ICS use was categorized into four categories based on accumulated use. A Cox proportional hazard regression model was used adjusting for age, body mass index, sex, airflow limitation, use of oral corticosteroids, smoking, and year of cohort entry. A propensity score matched analysis was performed for sensitivity analyses. Findings: A total of 21,438 patients were included. Five hundred and eighty-two (2.6%) patients acquired a positive lower airway tract sample with S. pneumoniae during follow-up. In the multivariable analysis ICS-use was associated with a dose-dependent risk of S. pneumoniae as follows: low ICS dose: HR 1.11, 95% CI 0.84 to 1.45, p = 0.5; moderate ICS dose: HR 1.47, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.90, p = 0.004; high ICS dose: HR 1.77, 95% CI 1.38 to 2.29, p < 0.0001, compared to no ICS use. Sensitivity analyses confirmed these results. Interpretation: Use of ICS in patients with severe COPD was associated with an increased and dose-dependent risk of acquiring S. pneumoniae, but only for moderate and high dose. Caution should be taken when administering high dose of ICS to patients with COPD. Low dose of ICS seemed not to carry this risk.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Inhaled Corticosteroids in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Risk of Acquiring Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection. A Multiregional Epidemiological Study |
| Location: | New Zealand |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2147/COPD.S386518 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S386518 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | COPD, Streptococcus pneumoniae, clinical epidemiology, inhaled corticosteroids, Humans, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Administration, Inhalation, Pneumonia, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Pneumococcal Infections, Epidemiologic Studies |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Respiratory Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167986 |
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