Study - salt & electrolytes affect bactericidal effectiveness in CF patients

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This is interesting & strikes me as really strange. Since Cystic

Fibrosis patients get a lot of respiratory infections, there's a lot

of research on it.

This study is actually showing that the presence of increased salt and

electrolytes decreases these patients' natural ability to fight airway

infections. In particular, staph aureus and p. aeruginosa. Not only is

it interesting that we naturally have this bactericidal ability in our

airways, what's happening with CF patients seems to be a complete 180

from the reports of our groups' positive experiences with electrolytes

and especially increased salt intake for fighting infections. I'm

wondering if there's any correlation or significance for us. Thoughts?

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/biology/pollack/w4065/client_edit/readings/

cell85_229.pdf