Comparison of culture based sputum microbiology in cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis: a case-control study
JJ Wahnschaffe, Jessica Rademacher, Ludwig Sedlacek, Stefan Ziesing, Jan Fuge, A-M Dittrich, Burkhard Tümmler, Tobias Welte, et al. (9 authors)
Pneumologie · 2019-02
Abstract
Objective Studies directly comparing sputum microbiology from subjects with cystic fibrosis (CF) and bronchiectasis without associated CF are scarce. Our aim was to compare the results from routine sputum microbiology using the same culture methods.
MeSH terms
- Sputum
- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Medicine
- Sputum culture
- Microbiology
- Internal medicine
- Pathology