Induced sputum in young healthy children with cystic fibrosis

Forton, Julian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0580-0432 2015. Induced sputum in young healthy children with cystic fibrosis. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 16 (s1) , pp. 6-8. 10.1016/j.prrv.2015.07.007

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Abstract

Young children with CF are often asymptomatic and non-productive, yet CF lung disease occurs early in life. Cough swabs are used routinely to sample bacteria from the CF respiratory tract in non-productive healthy children; bronchoscopy is used to definitively sample the lower airway, but is an invasive procedure. Induced sputum is a non-invasive approach to sampling the lower airway. The article concentrates on how well it is tolerated in children, how successful it is in identifying respiratory pathogens, and how it may be important in routine surveillance if 16S technology is to be used in the clinical forum.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2023 15:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/154729

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