Update of Faecal Markers of Inflammation in Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Jung M. Lee; Steven T. Leach; Tamarah Katz; Andrew S. Day; Adam Jaffe; Chee Y. Ooi

doi:10.1155/2012/948367

Mediators of Inflammation (Jan 2012)

Update of Faecal Markers of Inflammation in Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Jung M. Lee,
Steven T. Leach,
Tamarah Katz,
Andrew S. Day,
Adam Jaffe,
Chee Y. Ooi

Affiliations

Jung M. Lee: School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, High Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Steven T. Leach: School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, High Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tamarah Katz: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Andrew S. Day: Department of Paediatrics, University of Otago (Christchurch), Christchurch, New Zealand
Adam Jaffe: School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, High Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Chee Y. Ooi: School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, High Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/948367
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

Abstract

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There is evidence of intestinal inflammation in patients with CF. Intestinal inflammation may negatively impact the nutritional status of patient with CF, which adversely affects pulmonary function and survival. This paper provides an up-to-date review of intestinal inflammation in CF and an evaluation of utility of two specific faecal inflammatory markers (S100A12 and calprotectin).

Published in Mediators of Inflammation

ISSN: 0962-9351 (Print); 1466-1861 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pathology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4792

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