Antibiotic treatment of multidrug-resistant organisms in cystic fibrosis

SP Conway, KG Brownlee, M Denton… - American Journal of …, 2003 - Springer
… Clinicians are increasingly faced with the dilemma of how best to treat patients who harbor
these multidrug-resistant organisms. In this article we discuss a practical approach to the …

Relevance of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis

S Stefani, S Campana, L Cariani, V Carnovale… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
MDR P. aeruginosa, this review provides advice to support the management of patients infected
with MDR … testing is still needed to guide clinical strategies and tackle resistant infection. …

Clinical utility of synergy testing for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis:'the motion for'

L Saiman - Paediatric respiratory reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Patients with cystic fibrosis are at risk of developing infections with multidrug-resistant (MDR)
pathogens, particularly Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thus, there has been widespread …

Successful adjunctive use of bacteriophage therapy for treatment of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a cystic fibrosis patient

N Law, C Logan, G Yung, CLL Furr, SM Lehman… - Infection, 2019 - Springer
Introduction We describe the use of bacteriophage therapy in a 26-year-old cystic fibrosis (CF)
patient awaiting lung transplantation. Hospital Course The patient developed multidrug

Fatal Pulmonary Infection Due to Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium abscessus in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

M Sanguinetti, F Ardito, E Fiscarelli… - Journal of clinical …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
We report a case of fatal pulmonary infection caused byMycobacterium abscessus in a
young patient with cystic fibrosis, who underwent bipulmonary transplantation after a 1-year …

… Pseudomonas aeruginosa exploits multiple genetic pathways to develop multidrug resistance during long-term infections in the airways of cystic fibrosis patients

CA Colque, AG Albarracín Orio, S Feliziani… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
… Antibiotic resistance increased as infection progressed toward the establishment of a … , all
of which converged to multidrug resistance. These sublineages emerged by parallel evolution …

Multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from cystic fibrosis patients

PHC Cândido, LS Nunes, EA Marques… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
… bolletii, with just one clone detected in two patients. Given the observed multidrug
resistance patterns and the possibility of transmission between patients, we suggest the …

Multidrug-resistant bacteria in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis

V Fainardi, C Neglia, M Muscarà, C Spaggiari… - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
… had at least one Pex and patients colonized … patients infected by MDR bacteria have lower
BMI, more obstructive disease and experience more exacerbations than patients without MDR

Increasing incidence of multidrug resistance among cystic fibrosis respiratory bacterial isolates

WC Rutter, DR Burgess, DS Burgess - Microbial drug resistance, 2017 - liebertpub.com
… pathogens in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with increasing multidrug resistance (MDR). This
… the respiratory tract of CF patients. Microbiological culture and sensitivity results for all CF …

Combination therapy with intravenous colistin for management of infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in patients without cystic fibrosis

SK Kasiakou, A Michalopoulos… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Patients with infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-… Patients were excluded if they
had received less than 72 h of … Patients who had infections due to multidrug-resistant gram-…