Cystic Fibrosis Foundation pulmonary guideline. pharmacologic approaches to prevention and eradication of initial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2014
Identifier
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201404-166OC
Abstract
DESCRIPTION: The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation developed clinical care guidelines for the prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, the treatment of initial P. aeruginosa infection, and the use of bronchoscopy to obtain routine airway cultures in individuals with CF.
METHODS: A multidisciplinary committee developed questions about the prevention and treatment of initial P. aeruginosa infection and the use of bronchoscopy to obtain routine airway cultures. The outcome measure of interest was cultures without P. aeruginosa growth. Systematic reviews of PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were conducted in May 2012 and August 2013. Searches combined controlled vocabulary terms and text words for CF and terms relevant to each question. The entire committee reviewed the evidence, and final recommendation statements were graded using the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force system. Recommendation 1: The CF Foundation strongly recommends inhaled antibiotic therapy for the treatment of initial or new growth of P. aeruginosa from an airway culture (certainty of net benefit, high; estimate of net benefit, substantial; grade of recommendation, A). The favored antibiotic regimen is inhaled tobramycin (300 mg twice daily) for 28 days. Recommendation 2: The CF Foundation recommends against the use of prophylactic antipseudomonal antibiotics to prevent the acquisition P. aeruginosa (certainty of net benefit, moderate; estimate of net benefit, zero; grade of recommendation, D). Recommendation 3: The CF Foundation recommends routine oropharyngeal cultures rather than bronchoalveolar lavage cultures obtained by bronchoscopy in individuals with CF who cannot expectorate sputum to determine if they are infected with P. aeruginosa (certainty of net benefit, moderate; estimate of net benefit, moderate; grade of recommendation, B).
Journal Title
Ann Am Thorac Soc
Volume
11
Issue
10
First Page
1640
Last Page
1650
MeSH Keywords
Anti-Bacterial Agents; Biomedical Research; Cystic Fibrosis; Humans; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Pseudomonas Infections; Societies, Medical
Keywords
airway infection; antipseudomonal vaccine; bronchoscopy; inhaled antibiotics; oropharyngeal culture
Recommended Citation
Mogayzel PJ Jr, Naureckas ET, Robinson KA, et al. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation pulmonary guideline. pharmacologic approaches to prevention and eradication of initial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014;11(10):1640-1650. doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.201404-166OC
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