Cystic Fibrosis (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cystic Fibrosis

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The airways in cystic fibrosis patients can be blocked by mucus, allowing chronic infections by bacteria such as Burkholderia cenocepacia to develop.

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Drexel Medicine.

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