Bacterial activity in cystic fibrosis lung infections
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Bacterial activity in cystic fibrosis lung infections
BACKGROUND Chronic lung infections are the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients. Recent molecular biological based studies have identified a surprisingly wide range of hitherto unreported bacterial species in the lungs of CF patients. The aim of this study was to determine whether the species present were active and, as such, worthy of further investigation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Research
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1465-993X
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-49