Cystic Fibrosis

CF Patients Often Positive for Mycobacteria

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 2nd, 1997

Positive acid fast bacilli smears and cultures are not uncommon among patients with cystic fibrosis, but the incidence may be underestimated due to bacterial overgrowth of cultures.

"In our study two patterns emerged: asymptomatic isolation in five patients; and recurrent isolation of Mycobacterium chelonae in two children associated with a clinical and functional decline," researcher Brigitte Fauroux and colleagues wrote ("Mycobacterial Lung Disease in Cystic Fibrosis: A Prospective Study," Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, April 1997;16(4):354-357).

Diseases caused by nontuberculous Mycobacterium organisms are most commonly found...

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