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Comment
. 2015 Jul;53(7):2006-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01218-15. Epub 2015 May 13.

Assessing Airway Microbiota in Cystic Fibrosis: What More Should Be Done?

John J LiPuma  1
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Assessing Airway Microbiota in Cystic Fibrosis: What More Should Be Done?

John J LiPuma. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jul.

Abstract

The use of culture-independent methods has deepened our appreciation of the complexity of the bacterial communities that typically reside in the airways of persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). New insights into how changes in the structure of these communities relate to lung disease progression will likely raise expectations for more in-depth microbiologic analysis of CF respiratory specimens. An article in this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (W. G. Flight, A. Smith, C. Paisey, J. R. Marchesi, M. J. Bull, P. J. Norville, K. J. Mutton, A. K. Webb, R. J. Bright-Thomas, A. M. Jones, and E. Mahenthiralingam, J Clin Microbiol 53:2022-2029, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00432-15) describes the application of a culture-independent approach to the assessment of CF airway microbiota.

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