Publication details
Cystická fibróza 2013
| Title in English | Cystic fibrosis 2013 |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Postgraduální medicína |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology |
| Keywords | cystic fibrosis; pathophysiology; diagnostics; complications; infections; treatment |
| Description | In the following article, selected information on cystic fibrosis is summarised, with emphasis on contemporary findings. The most important contribution of the recent years is the discovery and introduction into practice of causal treatment which acts on the essential causes of the disease itself. In diagnostics, neonatal screening is a major breakthrough. In terms of complications, infections are still the most common one. Formerly rare pathogens are becoming increasingly common and previously efficient anti-infection strategies are in need of revision. At the same time, the treatment needs to respond to new complications and it is becoming more and more complex. With new therapeutic options and procedures, the price of the treatment is on the rise and it is becoming necessary to organise it into newly formed centres of care for patients with cystic fibrosis. |