Association between sputum culture results and pulmonary changes in children with cystic fibrosis

CONCLUSION: Severity of lung involvement in CF children is clearly dependent to mucoid P. aeruginosa colonization in airways and this notorious bacterium is the most prevalent one in Iranian CF children. Prompt identification and eradication by proper nebulized and systemic antibiotics can have valueless effects on patients' quality of life and prevent lifelong destructive complications such as bronchiectasis. Timely lung CT scan wisely advised by expert CF treatment team can meticulously detect injuries and it seems to act more efficacious than -still helpful-clinical scores and pulmonary function tests.PMID:38156305 | PMC:PMC10751615 | DOI:10.18502/ijm.v15i6.14136
Source: Iranian Journal of Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Source Type: research