Better Survival Post Lung Transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis Despite Multidrug Antibiotic Resistance in Patients with Previous Achromobacter Colonization

Achromobacter colonization of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is deemed to be associated with higher risk of graft loss and the rods are usually defined as multi or pan resistant. We aimed to evaluate if CF patients transplanted with previous Achromobacter colonization had worst clinical outcome post lung transplantation.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: S. Colin de Verdi ère, D. Grenet, S. De Miranda, C. Picard, H. Abdul, M. Stern, M. Le Guen, E. Sage, A. Roux Source Type: research