By Neal Learner
Those who see cystic fibrosis (CF) patients expect to treat respiratory bacterial infections, as the two conditions are commonly linked. Today, however, many clinicians are seeing more CF patients present with fungal infections, exacerbating diagnosis and treatment.
Fungal colonization of the respiratory tracts is common among most CF patients, but fungal infections appear to be on the rise, according to a growing body of research (Mycopathologia 2021;186[5]:639-653), including