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Reemergence of Lower-Airway Microbiota in Lung Transplant Patients with Cystic Fibrosis.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 1 Dec 2016
Syed Saad A, Whelan Fiona J, Waddell Barbara, Rabin Harvey R, Parkins Michael D, Surette Michael G
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Chronic lung infections are a hallmark of cystic fibrosis; they are responsible for progressive airway destruction and ultimately lead to respiratory death or the requirement for life-saving bilateral lung transplant. Furthermore, recurrent isolation of airway pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the allograft after transplant is associated with adverse outcomes, including bronchiolitis...
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