Improving and standardizing protocols for cystic fibrosis routine microbiology

Lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are frequently colonized by a plethora of microbial species, which may cause respiratory infections and an inflammatory reaction that progressively lead to deterioration of the lung function. While the emergence of metagenomics approaches has provided a large overview of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that can be part of the CF lung microbiome, we are still today extremely far from having an exhaustive vision of the adaptative mechanisms developed by these microorganisms in response to the particular microenvironment they encounter in the CF airways [1].
Source: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research