Antibiotic treatment of initial colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa postpones chronic infection and prevents deterioration of pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 330-335

  Frederiksen, Birgitte ^a   Koch, Christian ^a   Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ciprofloxacin; colistin; cystic fibrosis; epidemiology; natural history; prevention; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; pulmonary function; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; NEOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0030995361     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199705)23:5<330::AID-PPUL4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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