Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of respiratory pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis

Respiratory infection is very common in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF). However, the antimicrobial resistance rate of isolates from CF patients is not often documented. In this study, 279 respiratory specimens of 146 patients were prospectively collected from July to December 2006. Mic...

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Main Authors: Vilma Almeida Paixão, Tânia Fraga Barros, Clélia Maria C Mota, Tamy Fagundes Moreira, Maria Angélica Santana, Joice Neves Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000400016&lng=en&tlng=en