Antibiotic resistance in patients with cystic fibrosis: past, present, and future

EP Perikleous, D Gkentzi, A Bertzouanis, E Paraskakis… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are repeatedly exposed to antibiotics, especially during the
pulmonary exacerbations of the disease. However, the available therapeutic strategies are …

Developing ciprofloxacin dry powder for inhalation: A story of challenges and rational design in the treatment of cystic fibrosis lung infection

N Alhajj, NJ O'Reilly, H Cathcart - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited multisystem disease affecting the lung which leads to a
progressive decline in lung function as a result of malfunctioning mucociliary clearance and …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic drug monitoring of glycopeptide antimicrobials: An overview of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods

A Cafaro, S Barco, F Pigliasco, C Russo… - Journal of Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a critical clinical tool used to optimize the safety and
effectiveness of drugs by measuring their concentration in biological fluids. These fluids are …

Therapeutic drug monitoring in cystic fibrosis and associations with pulmonary exacerbations and lung function

JB Katz, P Shah, CA Trillo, MH Alshaer, C Peloquin… - Respiratory …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator
therapy have resulted in longer life expectancies, yet pulmonary exacerbations remain a …

The Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance in cystic fibrosis

A Vitiello, F Blasi, M Sabbatucci, A Zovi, F Miele… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health challenge, with
prospects indicating its potential to become the leading cause of death worldwide in the …

Antimicrobial stewardship in cystic fibrosis

EC Lloyd, JD Cogen, H Maples, SC Bell… - Journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The chronic airway infection and inflammation characteristic of cystic fibrosis (CF) ultimately
leads to progressive lung disease, the primary cause of death in persons with CF (pwCF) …

[PDF][PDF] Novel applications of biomarkers and personalized medicine in cystic fibrosis

JS Guimbellot, DP Nichols, JJ Brewington - Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid pace of recent advancements in CF has led to significant improvements in patient
outcomes and has created new opportunities to personalize care decisions. Numerous …

Simultaneous Quantification of Ivacaftor, Tezacaftor, and Elexacaftor in Cystic Fibrosis Patients' Plasma by a Novel LC–MS/MS Method

F Pigliasco, A Cafaro, M Stella, G Baiardi, S Barco… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The new breakthrough cystic fibrosis (CF) drug combination of ivacaftor (IVA), tezacaftor
(TEZ), and elexacaftor (ELX), namely “caftor” drugs, directly modulates the activity and …

Activity of newest generation β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combination therapies against multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

RR Haines, P Putsathit, KA Hammer, AS Tai - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Multidrug resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa accounts for 35% of all P. aeruginosa isolated from
respiratory samples of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The usefulness of β-lactam …

Personalized tobramycin dosing in children with cystic fibrosis: a comparative clinical evaluation of log-linear and Bayesian methods

S Imani, DA Fitzgerald, PD Robinson… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary exacerbations receive IV
tobramycin therapy, with dosing guided by either log-linear regression (LLR) or Bayesian …