Co-colonisation with Aspergillus Fumigatus and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Is Associated With Poorer Health In Cystic Fibrosis Patients: an Irish registry analysis

Authors

Emma Reece, Trinity College Dublin, Tallaght Hospital, Ireland
Ricardo Segurado, University College Dublin, Ireland
Abaigeal Jackson, University College Dublin, Ireland
Siobhan McClean, Institute of Technology TallaghtFollow
Julie Renwick, Trinity College Dublin, Tallaght Hospital, Ireland
Peter Greally, The National Children's Hospital, Tallaght Hospital, Ireland.

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Abstract

Pulmonary infection is the main cause of death in cystic fibrosis (CF). Aspergillus fumigatus (AF) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) are the most prevalent fungal and bacterial pathogens isolated from the CF airway, respectively. Our aim was to determine the effect of different colonisation profiles of AF and PA on the clinical status of patients with CF.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0416-4

Recommended Citation

Reece, E., Segurado, R. & Jackson A. (2017). Co-colonisation with Aspergillus Fumigatus and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Is Associated With Poorer Health In Cystic Fibrosis Patients: an Irish registry analysis.  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, vol. 17, no. 1, pg 70. doi:10.1186/s12890-017-0416-4