Intestinal malabsorption is severe and of early onset in virtually all people who have cystic
fibrosis. The main cause is deficiency of pancreatic enzymes. Bicarbonate deficiency …

Background: Patients were defined each successive month as either 'chronic'when more
than 50% of the preceding 12 months were PA culture positive,'intermittent'when≤ 50% of …

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was isolated from the respiratory tracts of 41 (25%) of 163
children attending our pediatric cystic fibrosis unit between September 1993 and December …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common, serious, inherited disease. The major cause of mortality in
CF is lung disease, due to the failure of airway epithelial cells to express a functional product …

The UK Cystic Fibrosis Survey holds data on all people resident in the UK who were
diagnosed as having cystic fibrosis and born either since 1968 or before 1968 and alive in …

There are few conditions where treatment and outlook have improved so steadily and
impressively, over so long a period, as cystic fibrosis (CF). Since the first clear description of …

An individual who has cystic fibrosis (CF) may suffer from gastrointestinal problems related
to inadequately controlled intestinal absorption secondary to the pancreatic insufficiency …

The systemic immune response to Helicobacter pylori was examined in 69 children with
recurrent abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Twenty one (30%) children …

Cross sectional data reporting the height, weight, and body mass index of UK patients with
cystic fibrosis are presented. During the first decade of life height and weight in patients with …

A retrospective case-control study of 12 patients positive for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
and 24 age-sex-matched controls revealed that in the year prior to initial isolation, colonised …