Correct antibiotic dosing could preserve lung microbial diversity in cystic fibrosis

(Children's National Health System) Children and young adults with cystic fibrosis whose lung infections were treated with suboptimal doses of antibiotics had fewer changes in lung microbial diversity during the IV treatment, and their microbial diversity levels were higher 30 days later, a multi-institutional study that includes Children's researchers shows.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news