Abstract:Objective To investigate the distribution of pathogens, risk factors and expression of related markers in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD).Methods The clinical data of 102 patients with AECOPD treated in our hospital from August 2016 to May 2020 were analyzed retrospectively, including 52 patients with pulmonary infection as the observation group and 50 patients without pulmonary infection as the control group. The distribution characteristics of pathogens of pulmonary infection in patients with AECOPD were determined. The univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to explore the risk factors of pulmonary infection in patients with AECOPD, and the levels of D-dimer (DD), fibrinogen (FIB), C-reactive protein (CRP), and procalcitonin (PCT) in the two groups were detected and analyzed.Results Sixty-nine strains of pathogens were detected in the 52 cases of AECOPD with pulmonary infection. Among them, 44 strains of gram-negative bacteria (63.77%) were found, which were mainly Klebsiella pneumoniae (21.74%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (18.84%). There were 23 strains of gram-positive bacteria (33.33%), the majority of which were Staphylococcus aureus (17.39%) and Enterococcus faecium (8.70%). Besides, two strains of Fungi were found (2.90%). Age [R = 3.203 (95% CI: 1.072, 9.570)], duration of glucocorticoid use [R = 5.27 (95% CI: 1.835, 15.184)], length of hospital stay [R = 2.925 (95% CI: 1.077, 7.939)], history of mechanical ventilation [R = 2.964 (95% CI: 1.006, 8.734)] and ABCD group [R = 3.347 (95% CI: 1.091, 10.271)] were the influencing factors of AECOPD complicated with pulmonary infection (P < 0.05). The levels of DD, FIB, CRP and PCT in observation group were higher than those in control group (P < 0.05).Conclusions Gram-negative bacteria are the main pathogens of pulmonary infection in patients with AECOPD, while age, glucocorticoid use, hospital stay, history of mechanical ventilation and ABCD group are independent risk factors for the pulmonary infection. In addition, the coagulation and inflammatory reaction are abnormal in this kind of patients, so effective prevention and treatment measures can be taken according to their risk factors to reduce the odds of pulmonary infection.