1. Bronchiectasis in an asymptomatic infant with cystic fibrosis diagnosed following newborn screening
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Stephen Stick, Barry Linnane, Luke Garratt, Peter Sly, Naveen Pillarisetti, and Erika Sutanto
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Bronchoalveolar lavage ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.disease_cause ,Asymptomatic ,Cystic fibrosis ,Neonatal Screening ,Humans ,Medicine ,Pseudomonas Infections ,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health ,Respiratory system ,Newborn screening ,Bronchiectasis ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Pseudomonas aeruginosa ,Infant, Newborn ,medicine.disease ,Lung disease ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Diagnostic imaging ,Female ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business - Abstract
Many countries have introduced newborn screening for cystic fibrosis to facilitate diagnosis prior to the development of lung disease. Although most infants with cystic fibrosis are asymptomatic from a respiratory point of view at diagnosis, structural lung disease has been detected by computed tomography. We present a case of an asymptomatic infant with cystic fibrosis diagnosed following newborn screening who had endobronchial infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and radiological evidence of bronchiectasis at 3 months of age.
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- 2009
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