Article
Adult cystic fibrosis: association of acute pulmonary exacerbations and increasing severity of lung disease with auxotrophic mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Thorax - 1 Oct 1993
Taylor R F, Hodson M E, Pitt T L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been located in the endobronchiolar spaces of patients with cystic fibrosis where nutrients may be limited. In these sites it is thought that adaptation of the pathogen might occur and growth factors, present in relative excess, may thus promote survival of...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Female
- Growth Substances
- Humans
- Male
- Methionine
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Pseudomonas Infections