Question

A 54-year-old woman presents with a chronic productive cough, recurrent chest infections, and bronchiectasis on CT. She has copious foul-smelling sputum and persistent crackles in the right lower zone. Which organism is most commonly associated with chronic infection in bronchiectasis?

Accepted Answer

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Answer

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer

Moraxella catarrhalis

Practice question

A 54-year-old woman presents with a chronic productive cough, recurrent chest infections, and bronchiectasis on CT. She has copious foul-smelling sputum and persistent crackles in the right lower zone. Which organism is most commonly associated with chronic infection in bronchiectasis?