Overview of Cystic Fibrosis and Non-CF Bronchiectasis

This issue of Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is devoted to the diagnosis and management of cystic fibrosis (CF) and selected forms of non-CF bronchiectasis. Because airway inflammation and destruction are strongly related to chronic infection, about half of this issue focuses on the microbiology of these diseases, and prevention and therapy of bronchial infections. This Preface and Overview presents the clinical context for the development of this issue of SRCCM. [[author photo]]

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