Self-reported adherence of patients attending a Program for Adults with CF was good. The self-reported patient adherence score correlated inversely with the clinical score. Self-reported patient adherence was greater than the adherence perceived by health professionals.
Pitted keratolysis is a skin disorder that affects the stratum corneum of the
plantar surface and is caused by Gram-positive bacteria. A 30-year-old male
presented with small punched-out lesions on the plantar surface. A superficial
shaving was carried out for scanning electron microscopy. Hypokeratosis was
noted on the plantar skin and in the acrosyringium, where the normal elimination
of corneocytes was not seen. At higher magnification (x 3,500) bacteria were
easily found on the surface and the described transversal bacterial septation
was observed.
The PASP was not significantly correlated with the distance walked during the 6MWT in patients with CF. The PASP was strongly correlated with oxygen status at rest. The SpO(2) at rest was the best predictor of PASP. Also, PASP was strongly correlated with Shwachman-Kulczycki score, FEV(1), and FVC in this population.
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