Infants With CF Have Alterations To Nasal Microbiome In First Year Of Life, Study Suggests

Cystic Fibrosis News Today (12/19, Bryson) reports, “Infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) have alterations to the nasal microbiome – the community of microbes that live in the nose – in the first year of life, a new study has discovered.” These changes, “seen in newborns with CF but not in infants without the genetic disease, may make these children more likely to develop respiratory tract infections, or RTIs, the researchers noted.” Investigators observed additional changes in the infants with CF “after their first antibiotic treatment and/or infection.” The findings were published in Communications Medicine.