Organization of Patient Management and Fungal Epidemiology in Cystic Fibrosis

• DOI: 10.1007/s11046-017-0205-x
• Publication Date: 2017-11-03T00:44:23Z
• Authors: Carsten Schwarz; Jean-Philippe Bou...; Walter Buzina; Vanda Chrenkova; Hanna Dmeńska; Elia Gomez Garcia...; Rafael Cantón; Ersilia Fiscarelli; Yohann Le Govic; Nahid Kondori; Tadeja Matos; Ewa Romanowska; Stefan Ziesing; Ludwig Sedlacek
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Adolescent; Cystic Fibrosis; Lung Diseases, Fungal; Infant, Newborn; Disease Management; Infant; Middle Aged; Article; 3. Good health; Europe; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Child, Preschool; Humans; [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie; Female; Child; [SDV.MP.MYC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Mycology; Aged; Retrospective Studies

The achievement of a better life for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is mainly caused by a better management and infection control over the last three decades. Herein, we want to summarize the cornerstones for an effective management of CF patients and to give an overview of the knowledge about the fungal epidemiology in this clinical context in Europe. Data from a retrospective analysis encompassing 66,616 samples from 3235 CF patients followed-up in 9 CF centers from different European countries are shown.