Title: Epidemiology of the Respiratory Bacteriology of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Authors Salsgiver EL, Fink AK, Knapp EA, LiPuma JJ, Olivier KN, Marshall BC, Saiman L. Changing
References Chest. 2016 Feb;149(2):390-400. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0676.
Keywords Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, registry
Title: Assessing Differences in Mortality Rates and Risk Factors Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Patients With Cystic Fibrosis in California.
Authors Buu MC, Sanders LM, Mayo JA, Milla CE, Wise PH
References Chest. 2016 Feb;149(2):380-389. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-2189. Epub 2016 Jan 12.
Keywords ethnicity, health disparities, pediatric pulmonology
Title: Clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis patients with Trichosporon respiratory infection
Authors Charles R. Esther, Rongpong Plongla, Alan Kerr, Feng-Chang Lin, Peter Gilligan
References J Cyst Fibros. 2016 Feb 27. pii: S1569-1993(16)00037-0
Keywords Chryseobacterium, Lung function
Title: Safety and Efficacy of Prolonged Levofloxacin Inhalation Solution (1 APT-1026) Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis and Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Airway Infection
Authors J. Stuart Elborn, Patrick A. Flume, Fredric Cohen, Jeffery Loutit, Donald R. VanDevanter
References J Cyst Fibros. 2016 Feb 26. pii: S1569-1993(16)00012-6
Title: The role of basophil activation test in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and Aspergillus fumigatus sensitization in cystic fibrosis patients
Authors Anna Katelari, Marianna Tzanoudaki, Maria Noni, Maria Kanariou, Maria Theodoridou, Emmanuel Kanavakis, Stavros-Eleftherios Doudounakis, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein
References J Cyst Fibros. 2016 Feb 25. pii: S1569-1993(16)00016-3
Keywords Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus fumigatus sensitization, Basophil activation test
Theme Epidemiology/Models of care
Title: Glycated hemoglobin cannot yet be proposed as a screening tool for cystic fibrosis related diabetes
Authors Boudreau V, Coriati A, Desjardins K, Rabasa-Lhoret R
References J Cyst Fibros. 2016 Feb 19. pii: S1569-1993(16)00017-5
Keywords Adult, CFRD, Glycated hemoglobin, Oral glucose tolerance test
Theme Diagnosis/Screening
Title: International prospective study of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome in cystic fibrosis: associated factors and outcome.
Authors Anne Munck, Corinne Alberti, Carla Colombo, Nataliya Kashirskaya, Helmut Ellemunter, Maria Fotoulaki, Roderick Houwen, Eddy Robberecht, Priscilla Boizeau, Michael Wilschanski on behalf of the CF/Pancreas ESPGHAN Working Group and DIOS Study Group
References J Cyst Fibros. 2016 Feb 23. pii: S1569-1993(16)00014-X.
Keywords Abdominal pain, Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome, Incidence
Theme Nutrition/Gastroenterology
Title: A Phase 3, Multi-center, Multinational, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Levofloxacin Inhalation Solution (APT-1026) in Stable Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Authors Patrick A. Flume, Donald R. VanDevanter, Elizabeth E. Morgan, Michael N. Dudley, Jeffery S. Loutit, Scott C. Bell, Eitan Kerem, Rainald Fischer, Alan R. Smyth, Shawn D. Aaron, Douglas Conrad, David E. Geller, J. Stuart Elborn on behalf of the APT investigators
References J Cyst Fibros. 2016 Feb 4. pii: S1569-1993(15)00276-3.
Keywords Aerosol, Antibiotics, Fluoroquinolone, Pseudomonas
