Exhaled breath hydrogen cyanide as a marker of early Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in children with cystic fibrosis

Exhaled breath hydrogen cyanide as a marker of early Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in children with cystic fibrosis

Hydrogen cyanide is readily detected in the headspace above Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures and in the breath of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients with chronic (P. aeruginosa) infection. We investigated if exhaled breath HCN is an early marker of P. aeruginosa infection. 233 children with CF who were fr...

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Main Authors: Francis J. Gilchrist, John Belcher, Andrew M. Jones, David Smith, Alan R. Smyth, Kevin W. Southern, Patrik Španěl, A. Kevin Webb, Warren Lenney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/1/2/00044-2015.full

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