The presence of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes modifies the sputum microbiome in cystic fibrosis disease
Stanislavs Vasiljevs, Adam A. Witney, Deborah L. Baines
American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology · 2023-12
Abstract
Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes (CFRD) is associated with a decline in respiratory health. We show for the first time that there was a change in the sputum microbiome of people with CFRD compared with CF that correlated with markers of raised blood glucose.
MeSH terms
- Microbiome
- Cystic fibrosis
- Firmicutes
- Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes
- Biology
- Sputum
- Microbiology
- Diabetes mellitus