Is the improvement of CF Patients, hospitalized for pulmonary exacerbation, correlated to a decrease in bacterial load?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Deschaght, Pieter ^a   Schelstraete, Petra ^b   Van Simaey, Leen ^a   Vanderkercken, Marleen ^b   Raman, Ann ^b   Mahieu, Linda ^b   Van Daele, Sabine ^b   De Baets, Frans ^b   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROPIDIUM MONOAZIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SPUTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896700196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079010     Document Type: Article

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