Pseudomonas: the compromised host.

Although the incidence of pseudomonas infection is low in the total hospital 
population, certain conditions predispose to such infection, which can be life-threatening. 
Patients with cystic fibrosis are a special group, since a majority 
have chronic pulmonary infections with pseudomonas, often of a mucoid variant 
rarely found in other patients. Several approaches are being tried in 
CF patients, but none shows much promise thus far. 