The First 4 Years - Outcome of Children Identified by Newborn Screening for CF in Germany.
Katharina SchützJulia KontsendornNils JanzenJan FugeSimon GrewendorfChristian KlemannChristine HappleSibylle JungeIsa RudolfChristian DopferLudwig SedlacekDiane RenzGesine HansenAnna-Maria DittrichPublished in: Klinische Padiatrie (2022)
Our results confirm that NBS for CF leads to earlier diagnosis and improves nutritional outcomes in early childhood. Although trajectories of structural lung damage at early age were unaffected by NBS, NBS positive CF patients at preschool age displayed less pulmonary exacerbations and pathological bacteria in throat swabs.