1. People with bronchiectasis may have bad breath indicative of active infection. 2. Frequent bronchial infections and breathlessness are two possible indicators of bronchiectasis . 3. HRCT may be diagnostic for conditions such as emphysema or bronchiectasis . 4. Medicare penalizes hospitals for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis . 5. Bronchiectasis can develop when severe, recurrent pulmonary infections are left untreated.6. Chronically prone to bronchitis and bronchiectasis , Riethmuller had to live mostly outdoors. 7. Bronchiectasis and pleural scarring may be present.8. Approximately 40 % will also have bronchiectasis . 9. Patients with the illness operate in much the same way as patients with mild bronchiectasis . 10. Bronchiectasis patients with P . aeruginosa infection have a more rapid decline in lung function.