Factors influencing quality of life and disease severity in Hungarian children and young adults with cystic fibrosis.

Background: The aim of our study was to evaluate factors affecting cystic fibrosis (CF) patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to assess the level of agreement on HRQol between children and their parents.

Methods: Fifty-nine patients (mean age: 14.03 ± 4.

[Quality of life in Hungarian patients with cystic fibrosis].

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis is a progressive multisystemic disease which affects the quality of life of patients.

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate quality of life in Hungarian patients with cystic fibrosis.

Methods: Validated Hungarian translation of The Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire - Revised was used to measure quality of life.

Comparative study of PEP mask and Flutter on expectoration in cystic fibrosis patients.

The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of positive expiratory pressure (PEP) and Flutter on expectoration in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Data was gathered through 260 treatments with 10 patients (5 female; 19.2 years; BMI: 18.

Human enterovirus 109 (EV109) in acute paediatric respiratory disease in Hungary.

Human enterovirus 109 (EV109) is a recently identified recombinant enterovirus in family Picornaviridae from acute paediatric respiratory illness in Nicaragua. EV109 have not been reported elsewhere. Our aims were the molecular detection and genetic analysis of EV109 from acute childhood respiratory infections in Hungary.

Detection and follow-up of torque teno midi virus ("small anelloviruses") in nasopharyngeal aspirates and three other human body fluids in children.

Torque teno midi virus/small anellovirus (TTMDV/SAV) is a member of the family Anelloviridae. It has a single-stranded, circular, negative-sense DNA genome. Its pathogenic role in human disease remains to be confirmed.