Association of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide to C-Peptide Ratio With Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes: A Prospective Cross-sectional Study.

Objectives: Early detection of cystic fibrosis (CF) related diabetes (CFRD) improves health outcomes and reduces CF-related mortality. The study aims to evaluate the ratio of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) to C-peptide in CF patients with diabetes and without diabetes.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis was carried out in a prospective cohort of 33 participants (CF [n = 16] and CFRD [n = 18]).

Pseudomonas pharyngitis in a cystic fibrosis patient.

We report a case of Pseudomonas pharyngitis in a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient not known to have prior colonization of Pseudomonas. We believe that this is one of the first cases of pseudomonas pharyngitis in a CF patient.

Occupationally acquired Pasteurella multocida pneumonia in a healthy abattoir worker.

An otherwise healthy male abbatoir worker presented to his general practitioner with acute hypoxemia due to bronchopneumonia. His only occupational exposure was cleaning cow carcasses being prepared for consumption. Blood cultures were eventually positive for Pasteurella multocida.

Obesity in asthma: approaches to treatment.

There is mounting evidence that obesity is associated with asthma, both of which are seeing a dramatic increase in prevalence. Not only is obesity a risk factor for the development of asthma but it is also associated with poor asthma control. Asthma phenotypes associated with obesity include early-onset allergic asthma and late-onset non-allergic asthma.