Diagnostic delay in bronchiectasis: an Italian perspective

Affiliations

• ¹ PROMISE Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
• ² IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Respiratory Unit, Milan, Italy.
• ³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
• ⁴ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
• ⁵ Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
• ⁷ Respiratory Diseases Division, Cardiac, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁹ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Respiratory Unit, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy.
• ¹¹ Respiratory Medicine Unit, Policlinico "G. Rodolico-San Marco" University Hospital, Catania, Italy.
• ¹² Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
• ¹³ Respiratory Diseases Section, University Hospital Policlinico di Bari, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
• ¹⁴ Department of Occupational Diseases, Clinical Immunology and Clinical Pharmacology, Dnipro State Medical University, Dnipro, Ukraine.