Genomic Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance of Haemophilus Colonizing the Airways of Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Stephen C. Watts; Louise M. Judd; Rosemary Carzino; Sarath Ranganathan; Kathryn E. Holt

doi:10.1128/mSystems.00178-21

mSystems (Aug 2021)

Genomic Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance of Haemophilus Colonizing the Airways of Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

Stephen C. Watts,
Louise M. Judd,
Rosemary Carzino,
Sarath Ranganathan,
Kathryn E. Holt

Affiliations

Stephen C. Watts: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Louise M. Judd: Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Rosemary Carzino: Infection and Immunity, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sarath Ranganathan: Infection and Immunity, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kathryn E. Holt: ORCiD; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00178-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease begins during infancy, and acute respiratory infections increase the risk of early disease development and progression. Microbes involved in advanced stages of CF are well characterized, but less is known about early respiratory colonizers.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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