Journal article
Combination antibiotic susceptibility testing to treat exacerbations of cystic fibrosis associated with multiresistant bacteria: a randomised, double-blind, controlled clinical trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We did a randomised, double-blind, controlled clinical trial to prospectively assess whether use of combination antibiotic susceptibility testing improved clinical outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary exacerbations of cystic fibrosis who were infected with multiresistant bacteria.
METHODS: 251 patients with cystic fibrosis who were chronically infected with multiresistant gram negative bacteria gave sputum at 3-month intervals …
Authors
Aaron SD; Vandemheen KL; Ferris W; Fergusson D; Tullis E; Haase D; Berthiaume Y; Brown N; Wilcox P; Yozghatlian V
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 366, No. 9484, pp. 463–471
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2005
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(05)67060-2
ISSN
0140-6736