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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 53, Issue 5, Pages 425-432Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir399
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- National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia [211912]
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Trust [04A0, 09AO]
- Australian Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust
- European Respiratory Society
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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Background. We hypothesized that the inflammatory response in the lungs of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) would vary with the type of infecting organism, being greatest with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Methods. A microbiological surveillance program based on annual bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) collected fluid for culture and assessment of inflammation was conducted. Primary analyses compared inflammation in samples that grew a single organism with uninfected samples in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Results. Results were available for 653 samples from 215 children with CF aged 24 days to 7 years. A single agent was associated with pulmonary infection (>= 10(5) cfu/mL) in 67 BAL samples, with P. aeruginosa (n = 25), S. aureus (n = 17), and Aspergillus species (n = 19) being the most common. These microorganisms were associated with increased levels of inflammation, with P. aeruginosa being the most proinflammatory. Mixed oral flora (MOF) alone was isolated from 165 BAL samples from 112 patients, with 97 of these samples having a bacterial density >= 10(5) cfu/mL, and was associated with increased pulmonary inflammation (P < .001). For patients with current, but not past, infections there was an association with a greater inflammatory response, compared with those who were never infected (P < .05). However, previous infection with S. aureus was associated with a greater inflammatory response in subsequent BAL. Conclusions. Pulmonary infection with P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, or Aspergillus species and growth of MOF was associated with significant inflammatory responses in young children with CF. Our data support the use of specific surveillance and eradication programs for these organisms. The inflammatory response to MOF requires additional investigation.
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