Boxi Lin

Nov 7, 2024 | publications.ersnet.org | Boxi Lin |Jiafen Gong |Katherine Keenan |Fan Lin

IntroductionPseudomonas aeruginosa is a common respiratory pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) [1–3]. Chronic respiratory infection by P. aeruginosa is associated with more rapid lung function decline [4–6] and reduced survival in CF [7, 8]. Up to 60% of individuals with CF are eventually infected with P. aeruginosa [1, 9, 10], but the ages of onset of the first and of chronic P.