First report on the prevalence of bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients (CF) in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bacterial infections in CF patients are common and start early in life. The prognosis of the disease is substantially dependent on chronic respiratory infection and inflammation. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection or chronic colonization have been established to cause a chronic decline in pulmonary function (PFT), and/or increase CF mortality.

Objectives

To obtain the prevalence of all bacterial pathogens in our CF patients and assess their evolution over time.

Method

A retrospective review of 327 patients with confirmed CF of all age groups, who had respiratory culture samples at the first visit and on a regular follow-up between January 1, 1990 and December 2018, was conducted.

Results

A total of 327 patients had a respiratory culture o

SUBMITTER: Banjar H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9152558 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature