4 interesting CF Articles..Aspergillus included

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Amphotericin B-induced hepatorenal failure in cystic fibrosis --

Pediatric Pulmonology

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=344768&specid=14>

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=344768&specid=14

We report on a 9-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis who developed

fulminant renal and hepatic dysfunction following a short course of

intravenous amphotericin B for a suspected aspergillus infection,

although she did not have clinical evidence of invasive aspergillosis...

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Predictors of deterioration of lung function in cystic fibrosis --

Pediatric Pulmonology

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=344766&specid=14>

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=344766&specid=14

The severity of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) may be related to

the type of mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance

regulator (CFTR) gene, and to environmental and immunological factors...

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Relationship between sputum inflammatory markers, lung function, and

lung pathology on high-resolution computed tomography in children with

cystic fibrosis -- Pediatric Pulmonology

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http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=344765&specid=14

In conclusion, pathological changes on HRCT correlated with lung

function but not with sputum markers of inflammation...

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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene mutations: do

they play a role in the aetiology of allergic bronchopulmonary

aspergillosis? -- Clinical and Experimental Allergy

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=344896&specid=14>

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=344896&specid=14

Conclusion: These results lend further support to a possible link

between CF mutations and ABPA...

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Becki

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