International BEAT-PCD consensus statement for infection prevention and control for primary ciliary dyskinesia in collaboration with ERN-LUNG PCD Core Network and patient representatives

Introduction In primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) impaired mucociliary clearance leads to recurrent airway infections and progressive lung destruction, and concern over chronic airway infection and patient-to-patient transmission is considerable. So far, there has been no defined consensus on how to...

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Main Authors: June K. Marthin, Jane S. Lucas, Mieke Boon, Carmen Casaulta, Suzanne Crowley, Damien M.S. Destouches, Ernst Eber, Amparo Escribano, Eric Haarman, Claire Hogg, Bernard Maitre, Gemma Marsh, Vendula Martinu, Antonio Moreno-Galdó, Huda Mussaffi, Heymut Omran, Petr Pohunek, Bernhard Rindlisbacher, Phil Robinson, Deborah Snijders, Woolf T. Walker, Panayiotis Yiallouros, Helle Krogh Johansen, Kim G. Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2021-08-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/3/00301-2021.full