Throat Swabs and Sputum Culture as Predictors of P. aeruginosa or S. aureus Lung Colonization in Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients

BACKGROUND: Due to frequent infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, repeated respiratory cultures are obtained to inform treatment. When patients are unable to expectorate sputum, clinicians obtain throat swabs as a surrogate for lower respiratory cultures. There is no clear data in adult subje...

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Autores principales: Seidler, Darius, Griffin, Mary, Nymon, Amanda, Koeppen, Katja, Ashare, Alix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27711152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164232

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27711152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164232

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