Non-invasive assessment of upper and lower airway infection and inflammation in CF patients

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BACKGROUND: The upper (UAW) and lower (LAW) airways of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have the same ion-channel defects, but little is known about similarities and differences in host immunological responses at the two levels. AIM: Identification and comparison of both levels' pathogen colonization and resulting immunological host responses. METHODS: The UAW and LAW of 40 CF patients were non-invasively...

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