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CF Patients Seen as More Likely to Reject Lung Transplants

A study found that cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, especially younger patients, may be at increased risk of acute cellular rejection of transplanted tissues compared to other transplant patients. The study, “Higher Risk of Acute Cellular Rejection in Lung Transplant Recipients with Cystic Fibrosis,” was recently published in the journal …

Infections May Increase CF Patients’ Risk of Death in Lung Transplant Surgeries

A recent Dutch study found preoperative infection or inflammation to be associated with worse outcomes in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients undergoing lung transplantation surgery. This finding might help clinicians better estimate risk before such surgery. The study, titled “Pretransplant HRCT Characteristics Are Associated with Worse Outcome of Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis Patients,“…

Cystic Fibrosis Bacteria, Recently ID’d, Spread Among Patients at CF Center

A new study report for a first time an “epidemic spread” of Pandoraea pulmonicola, a bacterial species that belongs to the recently identified genus Pandoraea spp. and which is associated with cystic fibrosis (CF), among patients at a CF center in France. The article, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, is titled “Epidemic spread of Pandoraea pulmonicola in a cystic fibrosis…

PEP Devices Can Help Reduce CF Pulmonary Flare-ups, Review Finds

A review study suggests that positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices are more effective than other airway clearance approaches in reducing pulmonary exacerbations in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), but of similar effectiveness in other measures, like lung function and mucus drainage. The study, entitled “Positive expiratory pressure physiotherapy for airway clearance in people with cystic…

Top 10 Cystic Fibrosis Articles of 2015

Cystic Fibrosis News Today has covered news of the latest treatments, events, clinical trials, and research updates in cystic fibrosis on a daily basis throughout the past year. As 2015 comes to an end, here are 10 articles most widely read by Cystic Fibrosis News Today readers, each with a brief summary of the developments that…

Clinic-based CF Study Links Repeat Hospitalizations to Repeat MRSA Infections

A new study of children with cystic fibrosis found that co-infection with methicillin-resistant bacteria may be associated with increased pulmonary morbidity, especially in children with repeat hospitalizations. The retrospective study, conducted at a U.S. pediatric medical center with high rates of methicillin-resistant respiratory infections, is titled “Clinical characteristics and…