TY - JOUR T1 - Cytomegalovirus-associated pulmonary exacerbation in patients with cystic fibrosis JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00111-2017 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 00111-2017 AU - Akhil Sawant AU - Giulia Spoletini AU - Paul Whitaker AU - Christine Etherington AU - Ian Clifton AU - Daniel Peckham Y1 - 2018/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/4/1/00111-2017.abstract N2 - Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multisystem disease characterised by recurrent respiratory tract infections and progressive respiratory failure. It remains one of the most common life-threatening autosomal recessive conditions affecting Caucasians. Recent studies have highlighted the association between respiratory viral infections and frequency of pulmonary exacerbations, increase antibiotic usage and poorer outcome [1, 2].CMV is an unusual cause of pulmonary exacerbation in immunocompetent individuals with CF http://ow.ly/Rdds30hlnjV ER -