Respiratory Microbiology of Patients With CF in the US, 1995-2005.

Chest. 2009 Jun 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Respiratory Microbiology of Patients With Cystic Fibrosis in the United States, 1995-2005.

Razvi S, Quittell L, Sewall A, Quinton H, Marshall B, Saiman L.

From the Department of Pediatrics (Drs. Razvi, Quittell, and Saiman), Columbia University, New York, NY; Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian (Drs. Razvi, Quittell, and Saiman), New York, NY; Sewall, Inc (Dr. Sewall), Bethesda, MD; the Department of Medicine (Dr. Quinton), Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH; and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Dr. Marshall), Bethesda, MD.

Background

Numerous improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have occurred during the past two decades. We hypothesized that these changes could impact trends in respiratory microbiology.

Methods

Data from the CF Foundation Patient Registry were used to examine trends in the incidence and prevalence of bacterial pathogens isolated from CF patients in the United States from 1995 to 2005.

Results

The number of CF patients in the Patient Registry increased from 19,735 in 1995 to 23,347 in 2005. During the study period, the reported annual prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa significantly declined from 60.4% in 1995 to 56.1% in 2005 (p < 0.001). The decline was most marked in children 6-10 years old (48.2% to 36.1%) and adolescents 11-17 years old (68.9% to 55.5%). Both the incidence (21.7% in 1995 and 33.2% in 2005) and prevalence (37.0% in 1995 and 52.4% in 2005) of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus significantly increased and the age-specific prevalence was highest in patients 6-17 years old. The prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus increased from 0.1% in 1995 to 17.2% in 2005 and from 2002 to 2005 was highest in adolescents 11-17 years old. Both the prevalence and incidence of Burkholderia cepacia complex declined, while the prevalence of Haemophilus influenzae, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Alcaligenes xylosoxidans increased.

Conclusions

Data from the Patient Registry suggest that the epidemiology of bacterial pathogens in CF patients changed during the study period. Future studies should continue to monitor changing trends and define the association between these trends and care practices in CF.

PMID: 19505987 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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