Adenovirus infection in cystic fibrosis patients: implications for the use of adenoviral vectors for gene transfer.

Clinical trials using replication-deficient adenovirus as vectors for gene transfer into the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are in progress. However, little is known about the prevalence of wild-type adenovirus infections in patients with cystic fibrosis and their effect on lung function. To answer these questions, serum IgG and IgM antibody titers against adenovirus type 5 were prospectively measured by an indirect immunofluorescence assay in 199 CF outpatients and in a control group of 45 healthy children and young adults.

A cystic fibrosis patient with the nonsense mutation G542X and the splice site mutation 1717-1.

A cystic fibrosis patient with the genotype G542X/1717-1 (G----A) was identified by DNA sequencing of exon 11 of the CFTR gene. The available molecular and clinical data are presented. This is the first report of a patient with this rare genotype and may serve to improve our understanding of allele interactions.

Selection of antibiotics for treatment and prophylaxis of staphylococcal infections in cystic fibrosis patients.

Susceptibility in vitro of 179 staphylococcal strains from 107 cystic fibrosis patients against 31 antibiotics indicates that only teicoplanin, vancomycin and netilmicin were active against all strains. The use of betalactam antibiotics is impaired by 11.7% of methicillin-resistant strains.

Qualitative and quantitative microbiological analysis of sputa of 102 patients with cystic fibrosis.

A microbiological analysis of 102 patients suffering from cystic fibrosis was conducted over a 22 month period. 20 microbial species with the following incidence were identified: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: 83.4%; Candida albicans: 29.

Malignant gastric sarcoma--diagnosis by ultrasound and endoscopy.

A 14-year-old boy was presented with a mass in the epigastrium. The tumor developed 13 years after removal of a neuroblastoma of the left adrenal gland. Therapy of the primary tumor had included irradiation and chemotherapy.