Combination antibiotic susceptibility testing to treat exacerbations of cystic fibrosis associated with multiresistant bacteria: a randomised, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.

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Published in Lancet on August 08, 2005

Authors

Shawn D Aaron1, Katherine L Vandemheen, Wendy Ferris, Dean Fergusson, Elizabeth Tullis, David Haase, Yves Berthiaume, Neil Brown, Pearce Wilcox, Veronica Yozghatlian, Peter Bye, Scott Bell, Francis Chan, Barbara Rose, Alphonse Jeanneret, Anne Stephenson, Mary Noseworthy, Andreas Freitag, Nigel Paterson, Steve Doucette, Colin Harbour, Michel Ruel, Noni MacDonald

Author Affiliations

1: The Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. saaron@ottawahospital.on.ca

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