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SUBMITTER: Lo DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513544 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lo David Kh DK Muhlebach Marianne S MS Smyth Alan R AR
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20180721
<h4>Background</h4>Cystic fibrosis is an inherited recessive disorder of chloride transport that is characterised by recurrent and persistent pulmonary infections from resistant organisms that result in lung function deterioration and early mortality in sufferers.Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged as, not only an important infection in people who are hospitalised, but also as a potentially harmful pathogen in cystic fibrosis. Chronic pulmonary infection with MRSA is th ...[more]