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Advances in Burkholderia cepacia complex

-- Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=428835&specid=14

Conclusion: Burkholderia cepacia can spread from one CF patient to

another. Transmission appears to be facilitated by close personal

contact and by certain bacterial factors...

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Fertility issues in cystic fibrosis -- Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=428836&specid=14

Conclusion: With increasing survival in cystic fibrosis (CF) there is an

increasing need to deal with the desires of CF patients to become

parents. In the context of 98% male infertility in CF, new techniques

offer the prospect of successful parenthood. For females, successful

pregnancy is possible but careful planning is required. The practical

and ethical aspects of reproductive health in CF are discussed...

__________________________________Glucose metabolism in chronic lung

Disease -- Clinical Nutrition

http://www.pulmonologylinx.com/thearts.cfm?artid=428867&specid=14

In this literature review the available data on glucose metabolism in

COPD and cystic fibrosis are discussed in relation to this potential

unique feature of increased peripheral insulin sensitivity despite the

existence of chronic disease. The scarce data do not refute this

possibility, but better studies aimed at exploring the influence of the

degree of hypoxia on peripheral insulin sensitivity in chronic lung

disease are necessary to unravel the role of oxygen in the regulation of

peripheral glucose metabolism...

Becki

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